One Man Killed In Fairbanks Apartment Blaze
A midday fire in Fairbanks basement of the Northward Building trapped over 300 residents as smoke filled halls. William Stebbins, a bar owner, died on the stairway after reaching the roof door that was locked. One woman saved her baby by throwing it to a safety net. 14 others injured, damage estimated at 10 to 15 thousand dollars.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Roy Tietjen
Win
Stanley A. Davis
William
E. B. Woodcox
William F. Parham
Roanoke Rapids
Willie James Cain
Durham
Parham
Luther Hodges
Mount Airy
Claude Flippin
Nancy Fry Seawell
Putnam
Carthage
Steed
Polish Union Leaders Back Communist Front in 1947 Election
Polish trade union leaders urged voters to back Wladyslaw Gomulka's United Workers front in the 1947 parliamentary race. The united ticket from the Communist, United Peasants and Democratic parties allows choosing to strike names, with fears of purges for unsatisfactory candidates and a push to curb anti-regime activity.
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Warsaw
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Exerciz
Gomulka
United Workers (Communist) Party
United Peasants
Democratic
Front
National Front
United Peasants Party
Coal Described as Petrified Vegetation Dating Back
The article explains coal as petrified vegetable matter dating to about 250 million years ago, noting its origin in ancient plant material transformed over geological time.
13 Die Violently In State
At least 13 persons died by violence in North Carolina over the weekend. The report names Hamp Hyder, 60, killed by a auto near Dana in Hendersonville area, and other fatalities across several counties including Charlotte, Lillington, New Bern, Fayetteville, High Point, Mocksville, Lawndale, and Mount Airy with multiple auto and fire deaths plus a stabbing and a fatal shooting.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Hamp Hyder
Dana
Hendersonville
Junior Laughter
Edneyville
Willie Barber
Charlotte
Maggie
Linda Booker Powell
Manners
Harnett County
Lillington
Beula Adams Mitchell
Vanceboro
New Bern
Pearlie Hair
Cedar Creek
Fayetteville
Violet Johnson
High Point
Davie County
Henry Frank Brown
Rt. 5
Lexington
Highway 801
Mocksville
James Love Ruff
Rt. 2
Lawndale
Fallston
Nora Elizabth Lowe
Rt. 3
Highland
Bank President's Son Confesses Embezzlement in Texas
Cecil Lee Culver Jr., 27, son of a Groom bank president, admitted to FBI agents that he embezzled more than 5500 dollars from State National Bank. He said he spent most of the funds on a Texas Arizona trip and did not know why he took the money, and he was arrested in Fort Worth after officers pursued him since January 2. Culver had a 1954 conviction for transporting a stolen car across a state line and was on two years' probation.
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Fort Worth
Tex
FBI
Cecil Lee Culver Jr
State National Bank
Texas
Arizona
Culver
Young Culver
Pentomic airborne division tested in Market II exercises
A first field test of the Army’s pentomic airborne division concept ends at Ft. Bragg North Carolina. The 187th Combat Group of the 11th Airborne Division led the exercise with 1240 paratroopers dropping 300 tons of materiel. Observers included US Army generals and British officials.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Aes
Ft. Campbell, Y
187Th
United States
82Nd Airborne Division
Washington
Virginia
Willard G. Wyman
Continental
Melvin Zias
Leroy D. Burnett
Old Camp Mackall
Press Awards Set for 32nd North Carolina Institute
The 32nd North Carolina Newspaper Institute runs January 24 to 26 in Chapel Hill with Gov. Luther Hodges presenting awards. Sessions at the University of North Carolina and a Duke University dinner on January 25. Thomas L. Robinson of the Charlotte News announced details. Montgomery Curtis of the American Press Institute will speak. Group meetings for dailies and nondailies follow.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina Newspaper Institute
Luther Hodges
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Durham
Thomas L. Robinson
Charlotte News
Presi
Singing Convention Founder Buried in Benson North Carolina
Simon Peter Honeycutt founder of the State Singing Convention died at 78 after a heart attack in Dunn. Funeral services were held in Benson. He conceived the idea in 1921 and grew it into a major Southwide event attracting about 30 000 each June fourth Sunday. He was Benson's Man of the Year and served as general manager. A grove marker honors him and friends. he was the last survivor of the original group.
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Chamber of Commerce
Honeycutt
Benson
The
Sing
Unionist Promises To Organize Reynolds Tobacco Co
John O’Hare president of the Tobacco Workers International Union told 1,300 members at a Durham rally that sooner or later Reynolds tobacco workers will be organized. He cited Reynolds in Winston-Salem as a major unorganized firm and blamed wage patterns set by Durham and Richmond for delaying organizing efforts.
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Durham
Reynolds
John Hare
Tobacco Workers International Union
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
O'Hare
Richmond
Greensboro Dedicates O Henry Boulevard Bypass
Greensboro dedicates its four lane express bypass O Henry Boulevard named for the story writer who grew up in the city. State and local officials attended with actor Thomas Mitchell and State Treasurer Edwin Gill speaking. a motorcade toured the southern entrance at U S 29 70 to the Phillips Avenue stand.
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Greensboro
O. Henry Boulevard
Thomas Mitchell
O. Henry Playhouse
U.S. 29
Court's Highway Ruling Hailed by Construction Leader
A North Carolina Supreme Court decision granting state authority to condemn property for limited access highways is hailed by Robert Patten of Charlotte, managing director of the Associated General Contractors Carolina Branch. He calls it a landmark and says the industry will start building proposed superhighways under the federal interstate program immediately.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Robert Patten
Carolinas
Associated General Contractors
Cystex Ad Claims Quick Urinary Relief and Safety
An advertising block promotes CYSTEX claiming rapid improvement for urinary irritation and frequent urination. It asserts safety for all ages after 30 years of use and offers a money back guarantee.
White Pastor Installed at Negro Church in Princeton
In Princeton New Jersey a 28 year old white clergyman with Wall Street Ivy League credentials is installed as the first white associate pastor of the 115 year old Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church. Rev David H McAlpin Jr a Princeton class of 1950 son of a New York stock broker and husband of a Rockefeller moves with his wife from town edge into the Negro section to serve a congregation of about 300 including several white families. The couple plans to reside in the Negro neighborhood.
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Princeton
N. J
Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church
David H. McAlpin Jr
New York
Rockefeller
McAlpin
Witherspoon Church
University
Princeton Theological Seminary
Westminister Choir College
Final expense life insurance offer via mail from Old American
A public notice invites people aged 60 to 80 to apply for a $1,000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses. It promises no obligation and no calls, and asks applicants to mail their name and address to Old American Insurance Co. in Kansas City Missouri for information.
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Old American
Kansas City
Old American Ins. Co
W. 9Th
Dept
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John D. Rockefeller Sr
Avery Rockefeller
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