Cherry Gets Chairmanship Of Delegation
Governor R Gregg Cherry was chosen as chair by North Carolina at a delegation caucus. Nominated by J M Broughton, he will head the delegation at the tie convention. Blythe and Miss Beatrice Cobb were reelected as national committee man and committeewoman.
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Philadelphia
R. Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
U. S
Joe L. Blythe
Charlotte
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton
Blythe
Clyde R. Hoey
W. Kerr Scott
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
Reg Harris
Roxboro
L. Y. Ballentine
Raleigh
Jonathan Daniels
Wilkins P. Horton
Pittsboro
Adelphia Hotel
Truman
Dead in trailer found in Gastonia area
Booker Dudley Bryant 62 of Chatham Virginia was found dead in his Gastonia area trailer. A coroner's jury ruled death due to natural causes.
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Gastonia
Booker Dudley Bryant
Chatham
Here
United States seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting
The United States requested an immediate UN Security Council meeting as Count Folke Bernadotte arrives to report on the Palestine crisis. Bernadotte travels from Europe amid Jewish and Soviet criticism while Israeli officials accuse him of aiding Arab aggression. Pravda amplifies charges that he inflames Arab Jewish tensions.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations Security Council
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Bernadotte
Europe
Amsterdam
Security Council
Holy Land
Middle East
Communist Party
Pravda
Viet
Moscow
Commission Denies Peach Freight Rate Boost
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied several railroads efforts to raise peach freight rates. If approved, Pinehurst to New York shipments would rise about 36 dollars per carload and Hamlet to Chicago about 40 dollars per carload.
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Raleigh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pinehurst
New York
Hamlet
Chicago
Fifteen Fully-Armed Planes Leave for European Hot Spot
Fifteen fully armed jet fighters took off from Selfridge Field Michigan on the Air Force first jet trans Atlantic flight. Four formations of F 80 Shooting Stars headed east in clear weather toward the European diplomatic hot spot in the American zone of Germany. The flight tests long range jet operation aims to study logistics ferry feasibility and pilot training with support from six multi engine planes.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
Air Force
Pioneer
Europe
Germany
America
Strategic Air Command
Furniture on Pre War Basis at Chicago
Buyers return to prewar selectivity as the American furniture mart enters its second week. Industry leaders note higher quality woods finishes and fabrics but no price drop while wage levels remain high. Appliances may rise due to steel coal and wage freight costs. Supply is spotty with long shipping dates for broadloom carpet and easy access to cotton rugs as demand wanes.
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Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Truman faces Southern opposition on Barkley Lane bid
The battle over Vice Presidential picks and platform stance rages as Southern delegates push for Gov. Ben Laney of Arkansas while Alabama threatens walkouts. California backs Truman 42 to 12 on the first ballot and Senator Claude Pepper declares candidacy as the race remains wide open.
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Truman
Barkley
William Preston Lane
Maryland
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Laney Dixie
Claude Pepper
Diplomatic Maneuvers Over Berlin Blockade
U S ambassador Lewis Dlas arrived in Berlin for talks with General Lucius Clay as western powers seek to press Russia over the Berlin blockade. Moscow gave no reply while Poland backed Russia and Allied air crews delivered 1038 tons of aid to Berlin in 24 hours despite weather.
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Elbe
Lewis Dlas
United States
Tain
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Douglas
London
Russia
Clay
Moscow
Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Polio Death Shocks North Carolinians
A six year old Burnsville child died in a Asheville hospital Saturday night. North Carolinians react to the tragedy as the state continues its polio concerns and health officials review the case.
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Burnsville
Asheville Hospital
Polio Watch Takes Shape In Gaston Cabarrus Counties
Gastonia board of health weighs possible quarantine as 16 polio cases appear in the county this year with five fatalities. In Cabarrus county infantile paralysis hits for the first time this year with one death and another patient hospitalized. Five year old Bobbie Wayne Garmon dies. Buddy Allen, eight, is hospitalized in Kannapolis.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
Concord
Cabarrus County
D. Roy Hege
Gastonia Orthopedic Hospital
Bobbie Wayne Garmon
Harrisburg
Route 1
Buddy Allen
Kannapolis
Polio Emergency Promises Action and Full Effort
Officials assured the public that everything humanly possible is being done to meet the polio outbreak emergency. The statement emphasizes urgent measures and committed resources to control the crisis.
Southern candidates rally behind Arkansas governor in race
Barkley as leading possibility mentioned while Pepper and Laney entered as presidential hopefuls. A rebel caucus committee urged states rights advocates to back Arkansas governor. Pepper's belated entry challenged Truman as Eisenhower support remained sparse.
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Pepper
Laney
Arkansas
Claude Pepper
Florida
Truman
Dwight D. Eitenhower
Six Violent Deaths Reported In North Carolina Over Weekend
The Associated Press notes at least six deaths from violent causes across North Carolina during the weekend, fewer than the two dozen killed during the prior holiday period. Incidents include a fatal knife pistol duel in Charlotte, a train-related death near Asheville, a tanker overturn near Elizabethtown, a bicycle accident in Elizabethtown, a rifle accident in Gaston County, and a wounding from two weeks earlier in Granville County.
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North Carolina
Herbert Addison
Charlotte Negre
Ellis Morris Smith
Sanford
Delbert Shipman
Asheville
P. R. Terry
Ridge Mill
Morrison Murray
Clinton
Granville County
Guilford College Names Two New Faculty Members
Guilford College announces two new faculty hires. Dr. Peter Dalbert from New York joins the language department as assistant professor of French, with studies in ecclesiastical history and multiple languages. Dr. Fred R. Crownfield of Cambridge becomes professor of religion, holding a Harvard Ph.D. and New Church Theological School background.
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Clyde A. Milner
Peter Dalbert
New York
N. Y
Fred R. Crownfield
Cambridge
Milner
Dalbert
Waltensburg
Grisons
Switzerland
Essor
Crownfield
Society of Friends
University of Zurich
Calbert
Fritz Blanke
Zurich
Italy
Germany
Austria
Denmark
Sweden
Canada
United States
City College
Harvard
New Church Theological School
Coer
Guilfor
Mass
Accountants Open Myrtle Beach Meeting for 3-Day Session
A three day annual session of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants began in Myrtle Beach. New officers will be elected and installed tomorrow. Sidney H. Shaw of Rocky Mount will preside. The group meets with the Middle Atlantic states accounting conference. John L. Carey of New York will speak as secretary of the American Institute of Accountants.
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Myrtle Beach
N. C
North Carolina Association of Certified Pubyas Accountants
Sidney H. Shaw
Rocky Mount
American Institute of Accountants
John L. Carey
New York
Israelis Capture Lydda and Ben Shemen Amid Gaza Road Battles
Israeli forces seized Lydda airport the village of Ben Shemen and Beit Nabala as they advanced toward Lydda while Arabs held Latrun press the Tel Aviv corridor. The capture left about 35 000 Arabs in Lydda and Ramle and halted a wedge toward Tel Aviv amid ongoing fighting.
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Bab el Wad
Latrun
Lydda
Palestine
Ben Shemen
Beit Nabala
Er Ramle
Tel Aviv
UNC yearbook dedicates 1948 Yackety Yack to Dr. Henderson
The 1948 UNC Yackety Yack yearbook is dedicated to Dr. Archibald Henderson, honoring fifty years of service and a career in mathematics at the University of North Carolina. The volume features campus scenes, portraits, and a note praising Henderson as a versatile scholar.
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U.N.C
Dr. Henderson
Chapel Hill
Archibald Henderson
University of North Carolina
Gene Hasten
Haleyville
Ala
Ruth Evans
Fort Knox
Frank P. Graham
Robert B. House
Archibald Henderson, Jr
Henderson
America
North
Speeches Open Five Day Carolinas Bankers Conference
In Chapel Hill on July 12 the five day Carolinas Bankers Conference began with speeches by national banking figures. Scheduled speakers include T. Allen Glenn Jr of Peoples National Bank Norristown Pa and Carlisle R Davis of State Planters Bank Richmond Va. Undersecretary of the Treasury A L M Wiggins will speak Thursday night.
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Chapel Hill
T. Allen Glenn, Jr
The
Peoples National Bank of
Norristown
Carlisle R. Davis
State Planters Bank and Trust Co
Richmond
the Treasury
A. L. M. Wiggins
American Bankers Association
Hens Given Mash Hopper Allocation Guideline
A standard states three six foot mash hoppers or equivalent should be provided for every 100 laying hens. The guidance applies to both sides of the housing to ensure adequate feed access for the flock.
High Pointer On Program At Junaluska
The Young adult fellowship of the Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist church will hold its annual assembly at Lake Junaluska July 15 18. Dr N C McPherson Jr is principal speaker and Rev Richard D Whitworth will represent the General Board of Christian Education. Leaders from Greenshose District and other districts are expected to attend.
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Lake Junaluska
Spel
Western North Carolina
St. John’s Methodist Church
Memphis
Tennessee
Richard D. Whitworth
Nashville
General Board of Christian Education
Greenshose
Ernest Scarboro
Greensboro
Roy Booth
Horace E. Bolick
Robert Richardson
High Point
Young Adult Fellowship
C. D. White
Biltmore
C. C. Benton
Charlotte
Rollin P. Gibbs
Belmont
Courtney B. Ross
Spindale
FALSE TEETH STABILITY POWDER PROMISED
An old advertisement promotes a powder named FASTWETH claiming to secure denture plates with comfort and firmness. It highlights no taste or nausea, is alkaline, reduces plate odor and tells consumers to buy FASTWETH at any drug store.
Odd Fellows Outline Plan For Building New Goldsboro Home
The North Carolina Grand of Odd Fellows aims to build a modern orphanage plant in Goldsboro. Architect C. Hartman of Greensboro is to invite bids from contractors with exact specifications. The facility would house 80 children and bids open Sept 5 during the annual homecoming. Al M. Lane of Greensboro chairs the committee. about $100 000 is available. If bids exceed funds they will be rejected.
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Goldsboro
North Carolina
North Carolina AA Plans First State Convention
Representatives from 20 of 46 North Carolina groups met in Charlotte to finalize plans for the first annual state Alcoholics Anonymous convention to be held November 5 to 7. Members from 46 North Carolina cities and many from South Carolina are expected to attend.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Alcoholics Anonymous
South Carolina
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