Coast Guard Re floats Oil Tanker Off Cape Fear River
Three coast guard vessels resumed efforts to refloat the Sinclair Opaline, aground about two miles southeast of the Cape Fear river. The tanker, outbound from Houston to Wilmington with a cargo of oil, remains grounded as of January 8.
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Cape Fear River
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Wilmington
Angier men charged with murder in older man’s death
True bill issued by Hartnett county grand jury names Marvin Matthews and Wyatt Adams, both of Angier, as murder defendants in the death of 50 year old Charlie Smith on November 23. They are held without bond.
Broadened athletic programs discussed by national federation
In Biloxi Mississippi on January 8 the national federation of high school athletic associations discussed expanding sports opportunities beyond the elite to include all students.
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Biloxi, Miss
National Federation of High School Athletic Associations
Twentieth Century Club Eyes Joe Louis Title Defense
The Twentieth Century Sporting Club said it expects to close the deal today to defend Joe Louis’s heavyweight title in June at Madison Square Garden, finalizing plans for the championship bout.
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Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Joe Louis
Madison Square Garden
Two GIs Hit Jackpot With Coffee Dispensing Machines
Lloyd Rudd and Cy Melikian, in their late 20s, transformed a Wright Field economy order into a rising coffee vending business. Starting after war service, they built a company projected to gross over 3 million dollars in the first full year and aim for 8 million in year two. The venture grew from coffee centers shut during meal times to convenient hot cups at machines wherever people want a quick drink.
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NEA
Lloyd Rudd
Cy Melikian
Bennett E. Meyers
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Senate
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Melikian
Coffee Machine Makers Turn Demand Into Growth
Melikian and Rudd formed Rudd Melikian Inc to produce automated coffee dispensing machines. From a garage start in 1946 they built 25 machines by June 1947 and now operate a large factory with 500 installed machines, 10 to 15 produced daily, and orders for 2200 more. They financed with 75 000 from 14 investors including a casket maker and a Wright Field contact. They also pursued other ideas such as a pulp tester and a hydraulic coupling.
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Philadelphia
Rudd
Shibe Park
Steelers
Eagles
Rudd Melikian, Inc
Akron
Wright Field
End Of India's Salt Tax Fails To Help Poor
New Delhi reports abolition of the salt tax, a legacy of British rule, has not aided the poor as salt production remains 10 percent below needs and prices rise in some areas. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerji notes benefits accrue to producers and middlemen where supplies are scant.
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India
Syama Prasad Mookeriji
Industry and Supply
Constituent Assembly
Mookerji
Old East India Company
Mahatma Gandhi
Anti-Cracker Polly Demands Pork Chops
Baltimore readers learn of Mrs Bettie E McComas and her polly Polly Boy who refuses crackers and insists on breakfast of scrambled eggs and coffee dunked bread. For dinner he chooses peas mashed potatoes corn carrots or pork chops and chews chicken bones with bulldog like zeal.
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Bettie E. McComas
Polly
Go West Swing Boys Leave German City for U.S. Troops
In Jena Thuringia communist editors attack swing music as red danger. The Swing Boys announce they will go west to perform for U.S. troops in the American zone. A coal research project is planned to develop underground mining machines with financial backing from coal land and railroad companies.
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Thuringia
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