Question Boy After Death Of His Friend
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo intensively questioned at Sean orth B Bruce told him he a 13 year old The th i by Bruce a Al Lee B Was questioned in for with the death of James Fox's body was found late yesterday where Bundy directed police to find it the Police chief said The boy's head was crushed and his body was nude and covered with slowly fallen snow The police chief said Bundy admitted orally that I killed him and said he wrote a note to the Fox boy's father Eugene Fox demanding 2000 A note found on a coal shed door at the Fox home read in part If you doublecross us in any way will put seven slugs in his head The note was signed The Police Capt Hugh Higgins said the boy apparently was beaten no women disappeared Sunday night Ying Fox his Sunday night He said Bundy was held following questioning of several of Foxs He said that no have been placed against Bu
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Seanorth
Bruce
al Lee
Fon
James Fox
Bundy
Eugene Fox
Fox Homie
Hugh Higgins
Fox
Honus Wagner Celebrates 74th Birthday In Quirky Feast
Pittsburgh reports Honus Wagner marking his 74th birthday with an 18 pound turkey and a charitable gesture tied to his long baseball career. The event is connected to the Benedum family and a notable local patronage in celebration of Wagner’s enduring legacy.
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Pittsburgh
Hans Wagner
Mike Benedum
No Date Set For Woodard Tax Evasion Hearing
U.S. District Attorney Col John Hall Manning said no date has been set for the hearing on income tax evasion charges against Dr A G Woodard of Goldsboro. He noted possible civil settlement talks with the Internal Revenue Service may delay the criminal case and that civil liability is being settled before pursuing criminal liability. The charges were filed in Greensboro and transferred to Raleigh on a plea of hol contendre.
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Raleigh
John Hall Manning
U. S
A. G. Woodard
Goldsboro
Manning
Woodard
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Middle District
Greensboro
Western powers discuss limits on Germany's postwar repair
Western officials from the Netherlands Luxembourg and other allies agreed on precautions to restrain Germany's industrial recovery. They also ruled that Germany's production pace should not exceed levels seen in neighboring countries over the past generation. The group decided to keep talks informal to avoid domestic controversy and then adjourned.
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Gram
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
House Poised to Extend Rent Controls for Short Term
The House moves to vote on a short term rent bill before President Truman travels, with Democrats set to back it while awaiting a longer extension next month. House Banking Chair Wolcott says Congress will pass a yearlong continuation of rent controls in some form, though terms are undecided.
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House
Senate House
Truman
Rayburn
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Congress
President to Visit Guantanamo and Florida Sail to Key West
President visits Guantanamo Bay Cuba for a brief inspection then boards the Sacred Cow for a trip to the Key West submarine base. He plans nine days in Florida mixing work with leisure, accompanied by Clark M. Clifford John R. Steelman and others aboard the Williamsburg sailing faster than 14 knots along a south of Haiti course.
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U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Cuba
Key West
Fla
Florida
Clark M. Clifford
John R. Steelman
William D. Leahy
Matthew J. Connelly
William D. Hassett
From Table to Floor The Carpet Word History
The term carpet once referred to any thick cover used on tables and floors, a usage that persisted into the 19th century per the Encyclopedia Britannica. It notes carpet broadening from table coverings to floor coverings over time.
Milan Cardinal warns Catholics against Communist voting
In Milan Archbishop Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster issues a pastoral letter directing priests to deny absolution to Communists and to bar Communist symbols from churches. The move prompts strong leftist backlash and Milano Sera headlines the church action as mobilization of parishes.
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Milan
Italy
Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster
Vatican
Cardinal Schuster
Milano-Sera
Schuster
Wallace Says Marshall Plan Aims at War
Henry A. Wallace told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Wall Street monopolists have twisted the Marshall plan into a tool to enslave Europe and that the program could trigger war. He called the recovery plan a blueprint for war and testified behind closed doors with no radio or TV access.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wall Street
Europe
Wallace
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Blind Association reports nearly twenty thousand for the year
The North Carolina State Association for the blind announced a year fund of $19,442.71 from last fall's white cane and membership drive. The drive total reached $23,460.32, with $4,017.61 allocated to Lions clubs assisting the blind. President Sam Alford of Henderson spoke at an executive meeting in Raleigh. Special awards were recommended for the Warrenton Whiteville and Lumberton clubs for top averages in cane sales and memberships.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State Association For the Blind
Sam Alford
Henderson
Lions Clubs
Warrenton
Whiteville
Laimberton
Minneapolis Teachers Strike For Higher Pay
Minneapolis public school teachers walked out to demand higher pay and a full school year. The AFL teachers federation, representing about half of the district's 2,200 educators, ordered the strike with pickets before the 8 am hour. No classes were held as 65,000 students faced closed schools. Mayor Humphrey and Superintendent Goslin failed to avert the action.
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Minneapolis
AFL Teachers Federation
Hubert Humphrey
Philadelphia
Wilyy Goslin
Sailor Waives Preliminary Hearing in Murder Case
Rocky Mount North Carolina February 24 The 27 year old sailor Theodore Cleveland Dixon from Birmingham Alabama arraigned in Recorders court on a first degree murder charge in the death of taxi driver Elton D Forbes 35 last Friday night Dixon said he was attached to a ship at Portsmouth Virginia and he waived the preliminary hearing Judge Ben H Thomas bound him over to the next term of Nash County Superior Court at Nashville for the murder case Dixon was arraigned Monday.
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Rocky Mount
Theodore Cleveland Dixon
Birmingham
Ala
Recorders Court
Ben H. Thomas
Portsmouth
Nash County Superior Court
Nashville
Dixon
Elton D. Forbes
London Tea Supply Saved From Flames
A dock side warehouse fire in London threatened the city tea reserve. Twenty fire trucks responded and crews stood by as firemen fought the blaze, ultimately saving the entire tea ration stored there.
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London
Jasper County Democrats Withdraw From National Party
Jasper County South Carolina Democrats voted to withdraw from the national Democratic Party at a 1500-person convention held at the high school. The move, led by H Klugh Purdy, criticizes President Truman’s civil rights proposals, with Dorchester County also recommending withdrawal while Greenwood chooses to stay inside with unpledged delegates.
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Ridgeland
8. C
Jasper County
National Party
H. Klugh Purdy
Truman
Dorchester County
Democratic Executive Committee
Dorchester
Engineers To Hold Joint Meet Here On March 6
Engineers plan a joint meeting in this city on March 6 by the Piedmont and Raleigh sections of ASME North Carolina and IEEE with student branches. After plant visits at Strickland and Tomlinson, lunch will follow. Guest speaker Paul R. Sidler of Brown Boveri Corp. will discuss Gas Turbines and Velox Steam Generators.
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Piedmont
Raleigh
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
North Carolina
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Strickland Furniture
Tomlinson
Paul R. Sidler
Brown Boveri Corporation
New York
Charlotte
A.S.M.E
A. W. Dufibar
Isaac Fidler
William EB. Gray
W. G. Thompson
American Socidty
Fidler
Southeastern Cresentative
Brown Corporation
Brown Boveri Company
Baden
Switzerland
Brown Boveri
Stehli
High Point
Snow Lumber Company
New York Edison Company
Four University Men Attend National Education Meeting
Four University Education department members attend the National Association of School Administrators sessions in Atlantic City this week. They include Prof. Guy B. Phillips director of the summer session and secretary of the State School Board association and Profs. A. M. Jordan J. Minor Gwynn and W. E. Rosenstengel. Phillips represents the school board association at a session of the national council of school boards.
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Chapel Hill
University Education Department
National Association of School Administrators
Atlantic City
Guy B. Phillips
State School Board Association
A.M. Jordan
W. E. Rosenstengel
Phillips
School Board Association
National Council of Oe
YMCA Notice and Local Roster for Wednesday Meetings
YMCA committees schedule a 7 30 p m gathering at the YMCA. George Tomlin is deceased in Winston-Salem and his funeral is planned Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Hairlips Chapel with Rev Fr O Bass officiating. Other notices include VFW Ladies Auxiliary at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Veterans Home, Crusaders Club at First Baptist tonight, 20th Century Club at 8 p m at the YMCA, and Starlight Gospel Singers at Mt Vernon Baptist Church Sunday at 3 p m.
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George Tomlin
Gordon Street
Winston-Salem
Cora Tomlin
Charlie
Louise Tomlin
Charlie Tomlin
O. Bass
Hairlips Chapel
Veterans Auxiliary
Ladies Auxiliary
The
VFW
Veterans Home
B. Washington St
Crusaders Club
of the First Baptist Church
Starlight Gospel Singers
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Tar Heel Unreported On Aerial Journey
Arkansas state police reported Hubert Wells was unaccounted for on a flight from Hot Springs to Murphy via Memphis. Wells, piloting a converted ATG, left Hot Springs at 1 30 p.m. yesterday. Mrs Wells sought CAA help and the agency asked state police to assist in locating him.
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Little Rock
Arkansas State Police
Hubert Wells
Hot Springs
Ark
Murphy
N. C
Memphis
Wells
Civil Aeronautics Administration
North Carolina Issues 911 Building Permits in January
The North Carolina Labor Department reports 911 building permits issued in January across 75 cities with an estimated cost of 85.97 million dollars. Residential permits totaled 667 for homes and apartments valued at 4.06 million, while non residential permits numbered 244 for projects costing about 1.90 million. Greensboro led in permit value at 1.43 million, followed by Charlotte 0.90 million and Raleigh 0.72 million.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Clarence Pritchard
Labor Department
Greensboro
Charlotte
Newsprint Meet Discusses Alabama Plant Plan
North and South Carolina newspaper publishers met in Charlotte to explore joining a $32 million Coosa River newsprint plant in Alabama. Clarence B. Hanson Jr. outlined the project as Birmingham News and Age Herald publisher and Coosa River Newsprint vice president, stating the plant could yield 100000 tons per year and much of the funding is already raised.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
South Carolina
Coosa River
Alabama
Clarence B. Hanson, Jr
Birmingham News and Age Herald
Hanson
Early Pipes: Ancient Beginnings of Organ and Bagpipes
The earliest authentic organ records do not exceed the second century B C while bagpipes and pan pipes reach back to more remote periods in history.
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B. C
Education funding urged at Atlantic convention
Dr. Herold C Hunt of the American Association of School Administrators says the nation must spend an extra five billion dollars annually to meet educational needs. He cites threefold rise in proposed spending but argues it remains necessary for young, secondary, higher and adult education plus special and teacher training programs. He spoke during the association's annual meeting.
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Atlantic
Herold C. Hunt
Sacience
American Association
Association
Hunt
United States
Bitter Governor's Race Enters Final Showdown in Louisiana
In New Orleans a five candidate Democratic runoff for governor heats up with Sam Jones and Earl K. Long leading rivals. About 600,000 party members vote as Long supporters clash with reform forces. Jones trailed Long in a January prelim by about 109,400 ballots. The race features income tax fraud charges and a heated party power struggle with implications for the general election.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Seeckers
Robert F. Kennon
U. S
Jimmy Morrison
Washington
House
Article fragment notes Vietnam and Soviet boycott impact
The passage notes a boycott by Soviet bloc members and their satellites from a regional assembly in Vietnam era contexts. It mentions that two thirds of Koreans live in areas under Hanoi or allied control, indicating regionwide political tension and restricted access for some groups.
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Jessup
Soviet Union
Little Assembly
United States backs UN Palestine force if council agrees
The United States said it would consult on creating an international Palestine force if the UN Security Council votes for it. Washington insisted the force be directed to peacekeeping and not enforcing partitions. Warren R. Austin presented the U S position, while Vicente Francisco resigned from the Palestine commission.
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Lake Success
United States
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
Holy Land
U. S
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
Vicente J. Francisco
Philippines
United Nations Palestine Commission
Postwar Division of Territory Across Occupation Zones
In the southern zone occupied by the United States the country was partitioned after Japan's defeat. The area north of the 28th parallel was allocated to Russia and the division followed occupation purposes.
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United States
Japan
Russia
Man Jailed For Threatening Estranged Wife
Wilson February report: Eugene Carr, 31, ex army captain, jailed after allegedly threatening his estranged wife with a rifle at her mother’s home. Charged with resisting arrest, carrying a concealed weapon, and assault with intent to kill. Carr had recently been cleared of abducting his 20 month old daughter Betsy and returned the child after a few hours.
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Betsy
Carr
Alaska
Memory of Ernie Pyle Honored in Tokyo
In Tokyo on February 24 the memory of war correspondent Ernie Pyle was honored on the second anniversary of the Ernie Pyle theater opening. Brig. Gen. Paul B. Kelley addressed about 3,000 occupation personnel, praising Pyle’s spirit under fire and noting he knew the brutal facts of war and died in harness.
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Tokyo
Ernie Pyle
G.L
Paul B. Kelley
Cial
Pyle
Kelley
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