Five Believed Dead In Indiana Plane Crash Near Brook
NSSELAER Ind Jan 25 Deputy Sheriff John H sh Jasper county reports a crash near Brook 16 miles away with five bodies believed in the wreckage. State police know few details. plane left Indianapolis airport and route to Chicago. NC numerals were reported on the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nsselaer
Ind
John H. Sh
Jasper County
Hadeen
Brook
Indiana
Robert Renwick
Chesterton Post
Lesh
Indianapolis
Rensselaer
Chicago
Talmadge bribery allegations shake Georgia race
Kennedy cited Time Magazine reports that six vote blocs for Talmadge were fetching 60 000 each and Rep Jack Flynt said he and another legislator were offered 100 000 in corporate retainers to withdraw support. A Georgia House probe will begin Monday as Talmadge denies the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanta
Po Jary
Kennedy
Time Magazine
Talmadge
Jack Flynt
Spalding County
Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia
Executive Department
Revenue Department
Chrysler talks extend 30 day contract period
A Chrysler spokesman said the brief statement speaks for itself as negotiations began on Jan 16 1947 and yielded no elaboration. Matthews declined further comment and said the extension means operations continue under the old contract while sessions resume in a few days with a mutually agreed date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
Matthews
Policy battle over Nazi agents intensifies with Argentina talks
The statement notes ongoing consultations with the Argentine government on enemy agents as part of broader measures against Nazi influence. It hints at the policy struggle between Messersmith and Assistant Secretary Spruille Braden, but offers no verdict on who is winning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Messersmith
Spruille Braden
Market signals point to price declines in food lines
A business research group reports a drop in national retail sales for the week ending last Wednesday. Futures markets show anticipated price decreases with butter near 57.75 cents per pound for June delivery, wheat for September around 1.74 a bushel, and oats under 59 cents per bushel, compared with current cash prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Births Set New NC Record For 1946
North Carolina expects 1946 to top all years with about 97 000 live births, the state board of health reported. Ten months of 1946 show 5 420 more births than in the same period of 1945, while infant mortality and maternal deaths declined. Auto accidents and tuberculosis figures are noted among other causes of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Senators split on linking lease rule to rent increases
McCarthy proposes lifting ceilings on new housing not rented in the prior year to spur construction and ease red tape for landlords. He expects higher occupancy as controls end by December 31, 1947, while Taft favors continued controls with possible merit-based increases and a GOP policy stance is yet undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Hawkes
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Al Capone diesion final voyage on Palm Island estate
Al Capone faced death after a stroke and was carried to a Miami Beach funeral. Crowds gathered on Palm Island as sirens and police escorted the procession and the city mourned the once-feared gangster. Capone’s rise from New York streets to Chicago’s vice districts is chronicled with details of his era and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Island
Biscayne Bay
Ahearse
Capone
Philbrick
Neral
Miami Beach
Alphonse Capone
Naples
Italy
New York
Chicago
Big Jim” Colosimo
Colosimo
Johnny Torrio
Cicero
Burnham
Stickney
Torrio
Long Island
N. Y
Horn’s a Wonder Rhinoceros horn facts from ancient lore
The rhinoceros horn is described as hair fiber packed tightly, not bone. Some legends claim enormous horns of over 60 inches once existed, with ancients believing such horns had curative powers and fetched high prices for medicine.
Omaha Man Heads Committe on Juvenile Crime
Henry Monsky of Omaha Nebraska elected chairman of the juvenile delinquency continuing committee. The group, formed from Tom C. Clark's national conference, will push prevention and control efforts to states communities and rural areas. Four teenagers were named as members including Thomas Mann of Enka North Carolina representing the American Junior Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tom C. Clark
National Conference For the
Henry Monsky
Omaha
Neb
B'Nai Brith
Monsky
Thomas Mann
Enka
N. C
Crescent Ave
American Junior Red Cross
Pact Length Change and Soviet Perception in Postwar Talks
The article analyzes Bevin's December pledge and Soviet reaction, noting Moscow’s view that Article four mutual aid could be superseded by Article three proposals. It cites Stalin aligning with Bevin on the treaty’s force and reflects on potential new talks, including British Russia officer exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevin
Pravda
Stalin
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Dumbarton Oaks
Germany
Europe
Moscow
United Nations
Liberty Bell Dimensions and Weight Noted
Measurements given for the Liberty Bell include a 12 foot circumference around the rim and 7% feet around the crown with a weight of 2000 pounds. The figures appear from a Philadelphia context describing its size and mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Army's New Giant Bomber Engine Revolutionizes Flight Power
Washington reports the Lycoming XR 7755, a 36 cylinder liquid cooled aircraft engine, touted as the most powerful of its kind. Its four nine cylinder banks deliver takeoff horsepower rivaling a steam locomotive, with fuel efficiency for long-range bombers and transports. The article notes potential range of 11,500 miles with 10,000 pounds payload and describes new gear-shift like control for speed and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
Tt ‘En
Washington
United States Army Air Forces
Air Materiel Command
Lycomming
RAF
Air Corps
Capone Described as Different Kind of Hoodlum by Prosecutor
Chicago January 25 1 4 Al Capone was described by U S District Attorney George E Q Johnson as a different sort of hoodlum with brains and a wish to be respectable He recalled Capones lavish lifestyle and a loyal inner circle that extended to Florida penthouse entertaining solid gold tableware and the capacity to organize Capone wanted to be respected and inspired loyalty beyond fear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al Capone
George E. Q. Johnson
U. S
Capone
Cane
Johnson
CIO Charged With Unfair Labor Acts By Ex Organizer
Winston Salem January 25 A former organizer charges the CIO with unfair labor practices saying he was fired for trying to form an independent organizers union. Arthur Calvin Leonard filed with the national labor relations board as a Kannapolis source notes organizer complaints about long hours and leafleting. Reed Johnson doubts the case will go to Baltimore for a ruling before investigation. Also a note on per capita turkey production rising from 18 pounds to 4.5 pounds between 1930 and 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
C.I.0
Eneres
National Labor Relations Board
Arthur Calvin Leonard
CIO
Kannapolis
Thaév
At & An
Reed Johnson
Examiner
Winston- Salem
Baltimore
Nazi network seen rebuilding in Germany amid denazification push
London reports the international committee for the study of European questions says a Nazi network in Germany is growing and could seize power by infiltrating allied created democratic institutions. The panel cites former Nazi leaders and Wehrmacht officers, plus amnesty returnees, warning most Germans do not yet embrace democracy. Oxygen is the most abundant among the 92 elements in the things which man uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
International Committee For the Study of
Germany
Wehrmacht
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Robert Borel
International Committee
Robert Murphy
Nazi Party
Lower Saxony
Bavaria
Mother Watches As 3 Children Burn To Death
In Richfield Springs New York a mother visiting a neighbor watched as her frame two story house burned. Three children Edwin two Carol three and Donald four perished in the blaze as volunteer firefighters arrived too late. The fire destroyed the dwelling with the second floor collapsing and two bodies recovered from the first floor while the third was found under debris on the remains of the second floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richfield Springs
WN. Y
Dorothy Scott
Edwin
Carol
Donald Scott
Telephone Group Demands Higher Pay For Southern Workers
The Southern Federation of Telephone Workers urged Southern Bell to raise wages by 15 to 20 dollars weekly, seeking narrower pay gaps with other regions. They represent 40,000 workers across eight southern states and seek a union shop, check-off, better vacations, and pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern Federation of Telephone Workers
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Disarm To Avoid War Says Thomas
Detroit January 25 Norman Thomas Socialist party leader urged universal disarmament under international supervision to prevent a new war. He warned that if not adopted within five years the odds of escaping a total war in thirty years were virtually nil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Thomas
Two Black Women Die In Dump Truck Crash Near Fayetteville
Cumberland County Coroner identifies victims as Sarah Boyd 41 and Stella Hamlet 42 both of Kingstree South Carolina killed when a dump truck carrying 14 Black passengers overturns on Highway 301 about 16 miles south of Fayetteville. The crash occurred while the group was en route to a funeral in Rocky Mount North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Jan. WA
Cumberland County
Joe W. Pinkston
Sarah Boyd
Stella Hamlet
Kingstree
S. C
Pinkston
Rocky Mount
Tobacco Workers Enjoined From Mass Picketing
Chancellor Ben Robertson ordered Sheriff D N Carter to enforce injunctions restraining striking tobacco workers from mass picketing and interfering with the L B Jenkins tobacco redrying plant. An organizer Mary Lou Roger was arrested and three strikers were later jailed on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville, Tenn
Ben Robertson
D. N. Carter
L. B. Jenkins Tobacco
Carter
Mary Lou Roger
Memphis
Tenn
State Lawmakers Debate Broad Bill Package On Welfare Reforms
The legislature reviewed eight commissions from the 1945 session and discussed a broad set of proposed laws. Measures include motor vehicle financial responsibility and compulsory inspections, driver license reforms, a state wide medical care plan, and a major school building program with county aid. Other items cover adoptions rules, child transfers, lower marriage age to 16, jail safety enforcement, jury service for women, and changes to fuel tax exemptions and highway fund diversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Department of Conservation and Development
State Welfare Department
Frank Taylor
Wayne
Cherry
State Highway Commission
Allison Overby
Hartnett
Fred Royster
Vance
Ronald Hocutt
Johnston
Joint Finance Committee
Teachers warn of mass exodus over pay and discrimination
Teachers said they would leave posts by year end if raises failed to materialize and urged action, with one elderly instructor calling for a strike. Edwin Bell criticized the need for retirement security to guard against superintendent and board whims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Bell
Durham High
Board of Education
Relatives Join Search For Missing Airman
The father, brother and son of missing pilot A. E. Leonard joined an army search party in western North Carolina to locate his body. Leonard, co pilot S. R. Parham and mechanic Reuben Johnson disappeared on a Knoxville to Charlotte flight last year after parts of Leonard's plane were found atop Wooly Top Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Jan
North Carolina
A. E. Leonard
S. R. Parham
Reuben Johnson
Knoxville
Tenn
Leonard
Wooly Top Mountain
Trade pact rates face scrutiny in reciprocal acts debate
Senatorial leaders and committee members scrutinize how postwar tariff cuts and reciprocal trade agreements affected U S industry. Jenkins cites lack of a yardstick to measure equalized costs and warns foreign competition forced domestic production declines between 1934 and 1939. Vandenberg and Milikin push to preserve some form of reciprocal trade program amid ongoing talks with State Department officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee For
Jenkins
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Milikin
R-Colo
Senate Finance Committee
Will Clayton
Dean Acheson
Arctic War Air Tactics Boosted by Cold Weather Test
Col. George A. Walker of the Ladd Field cold weather unit reported that a jet P 80 started without delay at minus forty three after a two fuel start. The test showed warming difficulties in Alaska where hangar space is scarce and freezing temperatures hinder air operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
U.S.S.R
Arctic
Icebox
Alaska
Tanana River
George A. Walker
Ladd Field
Boys Day Violence Escalates as Father Attacks Family
A boy began tearing objects on Thursday and demanded food. He dragged Mrs. Anderson by the hair, beat her, and slapped Joan after she pleaded. Gene then struck his father with a baseball bat and fled to a neighbor's home.
Jack Spratts Shun Fat Over Ulcer Pain Prompt Udga Trial
Modern day Jack Spratts avoid fat due to stomach distress and ulcers with indigestion gas heartburn and burning sensation. Udga tablets offered by druggists promise relief and a double money back guarantee if not satisfied. Mann's Drug Store and other druggists promote the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Spratts
Mann’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riytions
Ice
Post Office
Sickies
Harry Fischer
Dixon
Martha Sheehan
Decatur
Ill
Prosecutor
United States
Jack Spratt
High Point
Greecery
High Point Merchants
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!