Contempt of Court Costs $25 Fine in Municipal Court
Wayman Allen of High Point faced contempt charges in municipal court, fined $25 and ordered to apologize. Other cases included Samuel Allen's reck less driving, assault case against Ernest Wright, and multiple DUI and traffic penalties with suspended sentences and costs.
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Wayman Allen
High Point Rt. 2
Allen
Samuel N. Allen, Jr
Samuel Allen
J. C. Brandson
High Point Rt. 4
T. W. Hodgin
Rt. 5
D. C. MacRae
Ernest Wright
Trinity
Wright
C. E. Edwards
Edwards
MacRae
James Hilliard
Fred J. Blackman
Lester Hudspeth
Speculation Rife as Nanking Hears Peace Talk
The Nanking Evening News says a second peace statement may follow Chiang Kai shek's New Year message while Shen Chang-Huan denies plans. Meanwhile 150,000 Nationalist troops southwest of Suchow retreat under Red pressure as Chen Yi presses attacks and Tu Li-Ming’s forces show rapid surrender potential.
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Nanking
Chiang Kaishek
Shen Chang-Huan
Chiang
China
Suchow
Tu Li-Ming
Chen Yi
Red
Chen
Red Ringed
Fight Over Law Looms as Truman Urges Wagner Act Restore
President Truman urged Congress to repeal the Taft Hartley act and restore the Wagner act with changes. The unions push to revert to Wagner aims to strengthen collective bargaining and shift leverage away from employers, arguing for a five member labor board and preserved rights for workers.
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National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Thomas
Buying Light On Furniture And Bug Mart
Chicago reports at the annual midwinter home furnishings show that buyers are in a buyer's market. Registrations are down yet demand remains selective with emphasis on promotion and bright colors. American Furniture Mart logged 8,900 buyers. Merchandise Mart expect final attendance near 15,000.
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Chicago
Merchandise Mart
American Furniture Mart
Jed A. Stanley
Stanley Furniture Company
Martinsville Va
Local religious groups announce services and rehearsals
Practical Nurses hold a June 10 meeting at the YWCA. United Ushers Chorus performs Sunday at First Baptist Church. St Matthews Choir rehearses tonight at the church led by Mrs Ethel Gregory. Gospel groups and singers schedule appearances at Matthews Holiness Church House of Prayer Emmanuel Baptist and other venues with multiple 8 p m and 3 p m times and dates. The University of Caen cornerstone is noted as founded in 1432.
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Practical Nurses
YWCA
United Ushers Chorus
First Baptist Church
ST. Matthews
St. Matthews Choir
Ethel Gregory
Rubye Joan
Marguerette Williams
John H. Wiliams
Marguerette
North Carolina College
Southern University
Baton Rouge
Ray Harmonizers
Winston
Matthews Holiness
Gospel Band of
Durham
House of Prayer
Silvertone Singers
Mars Hill Singers
Phigocomin Baptist
Jubilee Kings
St. Matthews C.M.E
Silvertone Quartette
Emmanuel Baptist
Armistice Orders Halt to Fighting in Negev and Southern Palestine
The Israel general staff ordered Jewish troops in southern Palestine to cease fire at 2 p m and return fire only if attacked. All Israeli forces elsewhere also halted, pending UN backed talks with Egypt. Egypt agreed to armistice and a Palestine conciliation commission was named, with US France and Turkey to provide members. Iraqi forces reportedly fired at Jewish positions in the central sector.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Israel General Staff
Palestine
Negev Desert
United Nations
Egypt
Palestine Conciliation Commission
Foreign Office
Joseph B. Kennan
United States
Claude de Boissanger
France
Hussein Cahia Yalchin
Turkey
Negev
Resignations Shake State Department Lineup
The article details resignations and new appointments in the U S State Department and budget bureau. It notes Acheson leaving as undersecretary on July 1 1947 after World War II service under Hull and Truman era shifts including Webb moving to the State Department and Frank Pace taking over the budget bureau.
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State Department
Cordell Hull
Trua
Department
Acheson
Hoover
Middletown
Truman
Frank Pace
Arkansas
Budget Bureau
Fred J. Lawton
Legislative Sidelights and Courteous Actions at State Capitol
The piece notes hotel lobby exits in a legislative session and praises courtesy at organization meetings. It highlights endorsements for speaker Kerr Ramsay and president pro tem J C Pittman, with Republicans voting for Democratic nominees. It also mentions a Raleigh Restaurant Association dinner and L Y Ballentine's senate farewell.
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House
S. C. Eggers
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Capitol
B. C. Brock
J. C. Pittman
Hyde County Rep Cliff Bell Praises Monger Reading Clerk Nomination
Hyde county representative Cliff Bell delighted the 1947 House by seconding Ralph Monger for fifth term as reading clerk. Bell joked about Monger’s speed and enunciation to read bills clearly or confuse the chamber. John Kesler urged recording speeches, prompting debate over preserving oratory.
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Cliff Bell
Hyde County
Ralph Monger
Bell of Hyde
Monger
House
Distinguished Visitors Pack Short Session on Inauguration Day
The chamber welcomed many guests including Thomas J. Pearsall, former speaker, as Speaker Ram say had him escorted to the dais for a brief stay. A Forsyth county senior class toured the senate, were given lobby courtesies, then left after seeing little action, while President Ballentine presided for the last time and mispronounced Miss Pearl Weathers’s name.
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Extra
Thomas J. Pearsall
Nash
House
Ramsay
Sergeant At Arms
Senate
Forsyth County
Ballentine
Pearl Weathers
Cleveand
Expanded press corps covers the North Carolina capitol
The Associated Press has a teletype in the capitol and will feed copy to member papers and radio stations. More than twenty reporters are stationed around the capitol with extra staffing from news associations Raleigh papers and radio outlets plus representatives in Asheville Winston-Salem and Greensboro. The Institute of Government also maintains its veteran legislative staff onsite.
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General Assembly
Associated Press
Capitol Building
Raleigh
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Capitol
Institute of Government
Mumps Delay Delights Lawmakers As Parker Misses Roll Call
Senators teased by colleagues after Frank Parker of Buncombe failed to attend the first official roll call due to an attack of mumps. Lawmakers endure free meals for constituents during sessions and begin the latest session with a light moment.
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Frank Parker
Buncombe
Gator Bowl Teams Get $43 900 Each
Clemson and Missouri received $43 900 each from Gator Bowl receipts. Bowl officials announced the share after a New Year’s Day game that Clemson won 24 to 23 and a gross take of about $150 000.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J&n
Clemson
Missouri
Donna Joyce Dies by Own Hand in Despairing Note
Detroit report states Donna Joyce shot herself with her policeman father's revolver after a breakup with a boy named Bobby. She asked to be buried in a Kelly green afternoon dress with Bobby’s ring on a velvet ribbon and wore her black sweater and gray skirt as requested. Six schoolmates act as pallbearers at Holy Communion Lutheran Church and Gethsemane cemetery.
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Detroit
Donna Joyce
Bobby
Donna
Holy Communion Lutheran Church
Gethsemane Cemetery
Panamanian Archaeology Reveals Ancient Pottery and Tools
Archaeologists report discoveries on the Isthmus of Panama showing pottery and farming implements from a civilization dating 2000 or more years ago. The finds suggest organized communities and agricultural practices present in the region long before modern settlements.
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Isthmus
Panama
Government May Enter Steel Field
Washington January 7. A bill to grant President Truman power to fund steel output may reach the Senate within a week. Senators O Mahoney and Murray are expected to sponsor. Murray has urged government entry if private expansion fails. The plan seeks a 10 million ton annual increase in ingot capacity amid a $2 billion postwar program.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Senate
O’mahoney
Murray
D-Mont
O'Mahoney
Senate House Economic Committee
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