Electrocution bill rivals gas chamber in North Carolina
The North Carolina Senate committee takes up a bill by Senator Chaffin to abolish the lethal gas chamber and replace it with the electric chair. State penal director Oscar Pitts and Warden Aaron McLean oppose it, with McLean saying he would quit rather than oversee electrocution.
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Raleigh
Chaffin
Harnett
Senate Judiciary Committee
Oscar Pitts
Aaron McLean
State
McLean
General Assembly
Wayland Spruill
Bertie
House
Bruitt
W. G. Clark
Edgecombe
Senate
E. C. Brooks, Jr
Durham
Small Loan Commission
North Carolina
Shelley Caveness
Guilford
Cordell Hull
Assembly
Council of State
Drive For Infantile Paralysis Urges Negro Contributions
In a community outreach article, Negro organizations and individuals are urged to support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Contributions can be sent through churches schools clubs or individuals, with reporting coordinated by Rev J E Melton and C E Yokely.
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All America
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
J. E. Melton
C. E. Yokely
Edge of Darkness serial tale in Norwegian occupation
Norway braces for revolt as Karen, daughter of Dr. Stensgard, grows drawn to German trooper Karl Fischer. A German Major from Berlin arrives to quash resistance, pressuring Captain Konig to reveal suspects while a wary guard shift proclaims looming tension.
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All
Norway
Karen
Stensgard
Trolness
Karl Fischer
Fischer
Pictured insect and martial terms puzzle clues
A crossword style list with horizontal and vertical clues. Horizontal clues include entries like pictured insect forgives extinct bird and other wordplay. Vertical clues provide animal great lake nobleman fire worshiper and more.
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Great Lake
Obituary Notice for Mrs Jessie Beck Ham and Family
The obituary lists Mrs. Jessie Beck Ham of Washington D C Mrs Laura Whetty of Youngstown Ohio and a granddaughter Miss Annie Mae Beckham of Washington D C Funeral arrangements are set for Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Mt Vernon Baptist Church with the theme Give so others may walk.
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High Point
Jessie Beckham
Washington, D. C
Laura Whetty
Youngstown
Ohio
Annie Mae Beckham
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Spool Spinning Workers Walkout At Enka Plant
ASHEVILLE Jan. 19 The American Enka corporation plant faced a walkout as about 200 spool spinning department workers left just after 7 am yesterday, causing the 3 pm shift to fail to report. Company officials issued statements on the stoppage and its impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enka
Asheville
American Enea Corporation
Union walkout halts plant operations amid contract dispute
Company officials said the strike by workers allied with local No. 2590 of the United Textile Workers of America halted production at a war-plant site while union leaders attended a labor conference in Atlanta. Marines helped build a Sino-American highway near Tientsin, and the first telegraphic dispatch arrived in Baltimore on May 25, 1844.
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Luctant
Atlanta
United Textile Workers of America
UFL
U. S
Marine Corps Engineers
Tientsin
China
Baltimore, Md
Miss Satterlee Takes Stand In Flynn Hearing
Hollywood entertainer Peggy La Rue Satterlee testified about a 1941 yacht trip with Errol Flynn as prosecutors present testimony in a statutory rape case. The hearing neared its end after a mistrial demand was dropped and one juror was replaced by an alternate.
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Los Angeles
Peggy la Rue Satterlee
Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Peggy
Betty Hansen
Flynn
Leslie E. Still
Elaine Forbes
Miss Forbes
Alice F. Chalfant
Jeep Could Become Farmer Miracle Car After Wartime Tests
Department of Agriculture researchers and a major automaker completed field tests in Alabama and Ohio showing the jeep powering a 16 inch plow and hauling a wagon with 4 500 pounds of corn. The vehicle offers four wheel drive high low gears and a powerful 60 horsepower engine. It is under Army observation in Russia Iceland Libya Tunisia and the Solomons New Guinea jungles as a potential peacetime farm workhorse. An unrelated accident injured Willis and Floyd Willis after a kerosene stove explosion Sunday.
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Auburn
Ala
Toledo
Army
Alabama
Jeep
Ohio
Russia
Iceland
Libya
Tunisia
Solomons
New Guinea
Congress
Three Die as Car Crash Claims Mother and Child
In Morehead on January 19 a mother Mrs Reginald Willis and her 15 month old son Reginald died in a crash that also seriously injured two other persons. An infant was among the deceased and another child survived. Investigators have begun examining the wreckage and cause is not yet released.
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Morehead City
Reginald Willis
Reginald
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Burrus Hospital
McDonald
Coley Long
Edge OF Darkness
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ING
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Ruck
Propaganda Ministry
Berlin
Herr Major
Konig
Buck
Trondheim
Benig
Gunnar Brogge
Gerd Bjarnesen
Kenig
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Gotz
Krahl
Paul Herrmann
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Paul
Saeter
Red Cross
Geraint
Arabian Gulf
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Bowman
Talkers
Doctor of di
Incarnation
Vishnu
Thoron
Mark
Clark
Miss Satterlee
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Willis
Coast
Burton Upholstery CO
Southern Furniture Exposition Building
Carolina Upholstery CO
Southern Furniture Building
Furniture City Upholstery CO
Globe Parlor Furniture CO
National Upholstery CO
Broad Street Furniture & Rug Mart
C. E. Sideloff
Trimble
Nurseryland Furniture Question Manufacturing Company
Kirkman Novelty Company
Mooresville Furniture Companys
Thonet
Bentwood
Puver En Soni
Glasgow-Allison Company
Hamilton Street
Heritage Furniture, Inc
West Broad Street
Broad St. Furniture
Rug Mart
D. Milch & Son, Inc
Pilot Furniture CO
Stroupe Mirror Company
Winston-Salem
Southern Exposition Bldg
Wray Ward
Tomlinson
Chicago
West High Street
Williamsburg
Salt Box Colonial
Wolf and Crane Company
Alexander Smith & Sons
Masland Wilton Mills
C. H. Masland & Sons
Delaware Floor Products, Inc
Mallory Street
Asheboro
GEO. T. Wood & Sons, Inc
Firth Carpet CO
Magee Carpet
Crown Products
Broad St. Furniture & Rug Mart
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