Kidnapped California Girl Returns Home After Ransom Bid
Alice Dean Devine, 17, of Lodi California, was found unharmed after a 26 hour ordeal. Police pursued a kidnapper who sought ten thousand dollars, but fled after threats. The girl escaped from a motel near Sacramento and called relatives to reveal her location. She was later returned to her family amid a manhunt involving state police and the FBI.
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Lodi
Calif
Alice Dean Devine
West Coast
Sacramento
Everett Wescot Stiles
Portland
Ore
William
Bill) Giles
Eastern Publishing House
Alice Dean
John Edward Devine
American Fruit Growers Association
FBI
Sey Ad
Devine
Margaret Devine
Dalton
Millard L. Fore
Beaufort Man Drafts Bill With Teeth
RALEIGH on January 22 a measure to curb unsafe driving moved to the legislature. JP Scott of Beaufort proposed that an inferior court judge may order suspension of a driver's license for drunken or reckless driving speeding or transporting whisky even if the convict appeals. Other Scott bills seek an absolute divorce for a spouse of a felon and broader jury service rules. Governor Cherry summarized the state’s school program backlog and a five member education board noted the looming expansion of school buildings across North Carolina.
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Raleigh
JP Scott
Beaufort
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Motor Vehicle Department
Rsans
Scott
Rep. Stone
Rockingham
Rockingham County
Cp. Taylor
Wayne
Cherry
Senate
State Board of Education
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
A. C. Edwards
Sanford Martin
J. A. Pritchett
Horace E. Stacy
North Carolina
City Has 3 Lucky Breaks
High Point prepares for a prime time broadcast from the senior high school auditorium to WMFR and ABC stations nationwide. The program features former Governor Harold Stassen and economist Robert Nathan debating wage policy with CIO official James Carey and U S Chamber economist Emerson Schmidt. Outcomes could steer postwar economic trends and attract national attention to the city and the reopened Southern furniture market.
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George V. Denny
Towning
High Point
WMFR
ABC
Nathan
Stassen
James B. Carey
CIO
Emerson P. Schmidt
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Con
Carolina Weather Forecast Brief for January 3 1947
Fair and continued cold tonight with low temperatures 16 to 22 in west regions and 22 to 28 in southeast. Thursday calls for fair skies and slightly warmer conditions. Sunrise at 7 27 and sunset at 5 05.
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Carolina
Mercury Drops In This State
North Carolinians faced freezing weather after a week of rain with subfreezing readings. Asheville dipped to 18 degrees, Mt Mitchell to four below, and Charlotte 19, Greensboro 17, Raleigh 19, Wilmington 27. Overnight lows 16 to 22 in north and west, 22 to 28 in the southeast. Thursday should bring fair skies and slowly rising temperatures.
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Associated Press
Asheville
Mt. Mitchell
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Rivers Rise Across North Carolina With Crest Forecasts
Soaking rains push major rivers higher in North Carolina. Cape Fear at 37.3 feet in Raleigh, crest reached. Neuse near 16.1 feet with Goldsboro and Kinston looming crest, Roanoke at 38 feet expected tomorrow, Tar at 6.7 feet with little rise seen.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
U.S
Raleigh
Cape Fear
Elizabethtown
Neuse
Smithfield
Goldsboro
Kinston
Weather Bureau
Roanoke
Weldon
Williamston
Rocky Mount
Ex servicemen drive push for larger future libraries
The American Library Association predicts bigger libraries ahead as veterans demand more. Secretary Carl I. Milam notes these men benefited from the nation’s largest free circulating library system.
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Chicago, Ill
INL
American Library Association
Exservicemen
Carl I. Milam
Senate vote looms as special committee fate hangs on tie
Democratic leaders mobilize to block a year extension for the Senate's special war investigating committee. With 44 Democrats and 51 Republicans, they seek five or six GOP defections amid calls for attendance. Tobey Aiken and Cooper oppose the extension. others may switch or lose a Democrat.
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Washington
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
Tobey
New Hampshire
Aiken
Vermont
Cooper
Kentucky
Portal Pay May Hit Navy and Commerce Departments
A Senate judiciary subcommittee weighed portal pay claims affecting the Navy and Commerce Departments after hearing Army exposure of up to $500 million. Assistant Navy Secretary W. John Kenney and Commerce Undersecretary William C. Foster testified, with War Department witnesses noting possible $300 to $500 million extra costs if portal claims against cost-plus-fee contractors succeed.
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Washington
Senate
Portal
Navy
Commerce Departments
Army
W. John Kenney
William C. Foster
Commerce Department
War Department
Capone Seen as Much Improved Despite Ongoing Danger
Al Capone, 48, hospitalized in Miami Beach after a stroke, was described as much improved by Dr. Kenneth Phillips today. The physician warned he is not out of danger, noting recovery remains uncertain for two to three days as Capone slept well and regained consciousness.
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Miami Beach
Fla
al Capone
Underworld
Kenneth Phillips
Capone
Propeller Kills Tar Heel
Clyde C. Ridley 32 of Franklin Cashiers North Carolina died in a Chicago hospital after being struck by the right outboard propeller of a four engine plane at gate while running to catch a plane taxiing for takeoff. Ridley registered at a Chicago hotel using Cashiers address and held draft card identity.
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Chicago
Ill
Clyde C. Ridley
Franklin
N. C
Ridley
Cashiers
Knoxville
Tenn
Weed Prices Show Decline Across Tobacco Belts
Raleigh reports on January 22 pricing for middle and old belt tobaccos. Middle belt grades fell $1 to $3 from Monday, with fair and good smoking leaf dropping $4 for the largest lots. Old belt prices ranged from 50 cents to $6 depending on quality, while overall sales volumes rose compared with Friday.
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Raleigh
Old Belt
Youth Sees After Four Long Years
Pittsburgh, Jan 22. Jackie Wisnowski of Verona Pa returns to school at Peabody High after total blindness since age 12. A cornea transplant in 1945 gave 90 percent vision in one eye and a second operation restored 90 percent in both, aided by his late mother’s prayers. He greets classmates and remarks on the girls at school.
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Pittsburgh
Jackie Wisnowski
Verona
Jackie
New York
Peabody High School
Peabody
Oath To Stand In Georgia
In a 27 27 tie the Georgia senate ordered the journal to show that M E Thompson swore as acting governor last Monday and also took an oath to uphold the constitution. The dispute could lead to a court test on who is real governor within 20 days as urged by Attorney General Eugene Cook.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
General Assembly
Senate
M. E. Thompson
Thompson
Talmadge
William P. Dean
Conyers
Dean
Supreme Court
Eugene Cook
Andrew J. Whitehurst
Thomas County
Cook
J. B. Edwards
Ellis Arnall
Supreme
Bandit Cruelty Fails as Suspect Got Caught in Alaska
Oakland report says James R. Cruz, 27, told an Alameda County judge he botched two robbery attempts. He claimed he was laughed at by two women, then rode with a motorist whose car collided with a pole after being confronted with a gun. Cruz surrendered later and was placed on five years probation.
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Oakland
Calif
James R. Cruz
Almeda County
Cruz
Yugoslavia Seeks 1000 Square Miles in Austria
Yugoslavia appeared before the big four deputy foreign ministers council in London to back claims to 1000 square miles of southern Austrian territory. The demand covers parts of Carinthia and Styria where sizable Slavic minorities live, including Klagenfurt and Villach. Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber led officials, who expected to oppose the claims during peace treaty discussions.
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London
Yugoslavia
Big
Foreign Ministers Council
Carinthia
Styria
Austria
Klagenfurt
Villach
Karl Gruber
Deputies Council
Probe narrows cause of Eastern Airlines DC-3 crash
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators near end of a fact finding inquiry into the January 12 wreck near Galax Virginia that killed most aboard. Testimony indicates no prior fire or explosion and the plane appeared to be in normal straight level flight before impact in high terrain.
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Richmond
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern Airlines
Galax
Detroit
Miami
Winston-Salem
N. C
H. G. Myers
Alexandria
CAB
Safety Bureau
Tar Heel project contracts awarded for camp and access highway
Norfolk district awards contracts to Frank J. Gannaway for a government construction camp at Buggs Island site at 299 456 dollars and to Nelle L Tear Company of Durham for a five and one half mile fetway at about 369 30 dollars. Project scope includes site clearance streets buildings paving and transfer and erection of 39 new buildings with water and sewers. completion in six months. Highway runs ten miles west of South Hill to the Roanoke river with six month deadline.
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Norfolk
U. S. Highway 58
Buggs Island Dam
Frank J. Gannaway
Nelle L. Tear Company
Durham
N. C
U. S
Gannaway
Tear Company
Camp Ashby
South Hill
Roanoke River
Doughton Is in Hospital for Routine Checkup
Rep. Robert L. Doughton aged 83, longtime North Carolina congressman, was admitted to Bethesda Navy Hospital for a routine checkup. Hospital official Dr. C G McCormack said he will stay about a week and that the congressman is not ill.
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Washington, Jan
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
Fethesda
Navy Hospital
C. G. McCormack
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Ils
George C. Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Rmich
Marshall
Moscow
Tne
State Department
Truman
Bridges
R-Nh
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
House
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
AIR
George V. Denny, Jr
America
Dennys
Emery Road
Georgia
Fred Hand
Hand
The
Propeller
Tar
Oath
Bandit
Doughton
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