Catholics Accuse Reds Of Plan To Poison Cardinal Mindszenty
The Tablet alleges Hungarian Communists planned to use a will destroying drug named actedron on Cardinal Mindszenty before his treason trial. It cites alleged torture methods in Soviet bloc years, describes staged confessions, and warns against Moscow’s use of drugs and propaganda to break will and force statements.
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London
the Tablet
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Actedron
Prince Primate
Moscow
Cardinal Mindszenty
van Roey
Belgium
Spellman
U. S
Mindszenty
Britain
Norling Man Wins Cotton Award in North Carolina Contest
Walter Bender of Norlina and his tenant Beecher Hawkins share the top prize after producing 7 150 pounds of lint on five acres. R Hunter Pope of Halifax places second with 400 dollars. District winners, state averages, and prize details are listed for the 1948 cotton contest with 451 participants and an average lint of 854 pounds per acre.
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Raleigh
Walter Bender
Norlina
Rt. 2
North Carolina
Bender
North Carolina Crushers Association
Beecher Hawkins
R. Hunter Pope
Halifax County
H. F. Hudson
Pope Farm
Scott
Charles Beam
Cleveland County
W. B. Petty
Cleveland
Sam Fulbright
Catawba
Germon Tippett
Wake
Mollie McKenzie
Scotland
Joe Tippett
George Garner
C. K E. Cotton
Charles H. Smith
Halifax
J. A. Shanklin
North Carolina State College Extension Service
H. E. Barnes
Cabarrus County
Firemen rescue woman from blaze and retrieve girdle
In Kansas City on January 24 firefighters saved Mrs. Mary Breen, 65, from a burning apartment. At her urgent request they recovered her girdle from a trunk, which concealed $2,200 sewn inside the lining.
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Kansas City
Mary Breen
Traffic Safety Man Is Killed In Accident
In Kansas City on January 24 a traffic safety patrol man named Robert Delane Edmunds, 22, was killed in a collision between an automobile and a motorcycle. The city had aimed for 100 days without a fatal traffic accident in 1949 but had reached only 22 days.
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Kansas City
Robert Delane Edmunds
Five Violent Deaths Reported In North Carolina Weekend
Associated Press reports five fatalities from violence and accidents over the weekend in North Carolina. W M Shuford, 66, died after a collision near Concord. An eight year old girl, Jessie Best, fatally injured after jumping from a truck near Brunswick. Albert Flowe shot by police after fleeing a stolen car in Charlotte. Walter McLane, 38, died from suffocation from a burning mattress in Raleigh. Edward Hoy, 53, found dead from gas asphyxiation in Greensboro, ruled suicide by Coropa Harvey.
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Associated Press
W. M. Shuford
Concord
Columbus County
Jessie Best
Brunswick
Albert Flowe
Raleigh
Walter B. McLane
A. B. Lloyd
McLane
Edward J. Hoy
Greensboro
Coropa W. W. Harvey
Grocery Theft Case Goes To Trial In Washington
A Beaufort county grand jury indicted 55 defendants in a $100000 theft conspiracy involving Thomas and Howard Wholesale Grocery Company employees and Eastern North Carolina merchants. Sheriff Rumley said stolen merchandise was sold at cut rates to grocers and proceeds split. The accused include grocers from Beaufort Martin Pamlico Washington Pitt and Bertie counties with thefts spanning over a year.
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Washington
North Carolina
Beaufort County
Thomas and Howard Wholesale
William Rumley
Beaufort
Martin
Pamlico
Pitt
Bertie
Rumley
Funeral Rites Held For Dr J H Peele At Guilford College
Dr Joseph H Peele 78 retired Quaker minister and teacher buried in Guilford College area. He spent most of his life in North Carolina Quaker service with brief pastorates in Ohio Massachusetts and California. He died Saturday after several years illness and served as editor of the Friends Messenger and reading clerk of the state meeting. He was principal of Guilford High School in 1908 and taught English at Guilford College from 1912 to 1916.
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Guilford College
Joseph H. Peele
College
Friends
Ohio
Massachusetts
California
North Carolina
Friends Meeting
Friends Messenger
Goldsboro
Deep River
Guilford High School
Dog Rescued From Well After 30 Days
In Asheville on January 24, firefighters rescued a dog named Buttons from a 30 foot dry well used as a garbage dump. The black and white Spitz Collie mix had disappeared for 30 days but stayed near the owners Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Anders. A neighbor heard barking and Buttons, briefly deafened by the roar, was saved unharmed.
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Asheville
Buttons
R. G. Anders
Eaghbore
Batons
Oklahoma Faculty Found New School of Design
A group of University of Oklahoma faculty established a new School of Design in the state last summer. They traveled with students to present a design competition for a medium-sized city’s community center.
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Tural
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
School of Design
New Charges Faced By 2 Prisoners After Escape Attempt
Two Granville county jail inmates James Russell Gregory and William Robert Cummins face assault with a deadly weapon and assaulting an officer charges after an escape attempt. Jailer Lee J. Yancey, 57, was knocked out during the struggle but is in satisfactory condition with eight stitches for a head wound.
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Oxford
Granville County
E. P. Davis
James Russell Gregory
William Robert Cummins
Pennsylvania
University of North Carolina
Lee J. Yancey
Yancey
Harvey Jackson
Davis
Everidge Wins National Architecture Contest
J G Lee Everidge a fifth year architecture student at N C State College placed second in a nationwide hidden talent architectural competition. Everidge from Oklahoma City was the only top prize winner in the contest sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art New York and Architectural Record. Dean Henry L Kamphoefner announced Everidge's win noting his work will be hung in the museum published in the magazine and he won 750 dollars with a June prize distribution.
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Raleigh
J. G. Lee Everidge
N. C. State College
Everidge
Oklahoma City
Okla
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Architectural Record
Henry L. Kamphoefner
State
School of Design
Oklahoma
Large Egg Is Laid By Powellsville Hen
Hens in Powellsville produced an oversized egg with two eggs inside one shell. Owner Zeddie Castello observed the nest and exposed the surprising find. The event highlights farm egg yields amid rising prices in AHOSKIE.
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Powellsville
Ahoskie
Zeddie Castello
Venus Mass Increase After Diameter Expansion
Scientists report that adding seven miles to Venus diameter several years ago increased the planet’s gravitational weight by twelve billion billion tons, affecting estimations of its mass.
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Venus
Roosters and Farm Noise Compared by Decibels
The report notes roosters do not crow louder in absolute decibels. they seem louder only because the surrounding farm is quiet. Researchers emphasize context shapes perceived noise levels rather than intrinsic crow volume.
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Dicibels
Light pipe beats air for transmitting light says Westinghouse engineer
Dr Richard C ciutucex a Westinghouse research engineer notes that a plastic light pipe conducts light more efficiently than air. A flashlight beam through air diverges, but through the pipe travels four to five times as intense. The pipe was designed by Dr Hitchcock from Foster plastic for radar unit insulation.
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Richard C. Ciutucex
Westinghouse
Hitchock
Newton Foster
Paratrooper Pleads With President Over Marriage
Berlin report says Edward J. Lada a Newark New Jersey paratrooper asked President Truman for one hour of jail release to marry his girlfriend Ruth Riecki amid a tangled romance with actress Ursula Schmidt. Lada who crossed the Berlin blockade last year faces illegal entry jailbreak and currency charges awaiting trial.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Truman
Lado
Newark
N.J
Lada
Archbishop Athenagoras I Heads to Enthronement in Istanbul
Archbishop Athenagoras I, 63, ecumenical patriarch-elect of the Greek Orthodox Church, travels from New York via military air transport to Istanbul to be enthroned Thursday as spiritual leader of about 125 million Greek Orthodox. Born in Turkey, he has led the church in the Americas since 1931 and became a U.S. citizen in 1938.
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New York
Athenagoras I
Istanbul
Turkey
New York International
Truman
North
South America
U. S
General Hodges Career Highlights and World War II Roles
The obituary notes Major General Hodges began in the 17th Infantry at Fort Pherson near Atlanta after three years in the ranks, earned a commission in 1909, served as a WWI captain, rose to major general in 1941, and went overseas in 1944 as deputy to General Omar N. Bradley. He later became First Army commander, earned the Distinguished Service Cross and DSM, with retirement plans unannounced.
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17Th Infantry
Fort Pherson
Atlanta
Omar N. Bradley
First Army
Bradley
12Th Army Group
Hodges
Bridge Event Terminates At Pinehurst
Mrs. Walter LeSueur of Asheville and Mrs. Elliott Wardlick of Philadelphia won the Mid-South ern bridge tournament at Pinehurst beating Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Johnson of Spartanburg by seven points in a playoff. The three day event drew 252 players with Wilmington winners in qualifying rounds and Carolina trophies awarded in the Mitchell play session.
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Pinehurst
Walter LeSueur
Asheville
Elliott Wardlick
Philadelphia
Benjamin Johnson
Spartanburg
S. C
Johnson
Wilmington
W. W. Storm
James Hughes
Mitchell
Carolina
Pattie Poston
H.S. McKay
Cheraw
Russell Broughton
Julia Skinner
Durham
Eastwest
Former Banker Dies After 12 Years Seclusion
Joseph W. Harriman 81 founder and former president of Harriman National Bank and Trust Co died after twelve years in seclusion following his parole from a federal penitentiary. He served four and a half years for falsifying bank books and misapplying funds, and his bank did not reopen after the 1933 banking holiday.
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Sea Cliff
N. Y
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
New York
Harriman
New York City
Northeastern
Lewisburg
Harriman’s Bank
Broadway Star Jose Ferrer Balances Stage And Screen
Jose Ferrer, star of The Silver Whistle on Broadway and a leading man in Joan of Ann, discusses balancing theatre and film. He shares poker and bridge insights from a tour, including a club lead to win an extra trick in a recent hand.
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Jose Ferrer
Merrer
Jose
North
Declarer
East
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
An advertisement promotes an improved denture powder to reduce looseness on upper and lower plates. It claims the product keeps teeth firmer with a pleasant taste and alkaline formula, helps prevent denture odor, and is available at drug stores.
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Norling Man
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J. H. Peele
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National Safety
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Johnny Frank Stringfellow
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Tientsin
China
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Nationalist China
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Control
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Sea of Japan
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Taipeh
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