Pershing to Lie In State At Capitol Before Arlington Burial
General John J. Pershing will lie in state in the Capitol rotunda on Sunday and Monday before burial at Arlington National Cemetery. The catafalque built for George Washington will bear his body as it is transferred across the Potomac to Arlington. Public viewing times span Sunday 2 to 8 p m and Monday 8 to noon EST, with a 2 p m procession to Arlington.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Arlington National Military Cemetery
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Arlington Hills
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Washington
Mt. Vernon
Arlington Amphitheatre
Polio outbreak prompts traffic stop talk on the North Carolina Virginia line
Five Newport News residents signed telegrams urging urgent action to halt unnecessary traffic between North Carolina and Virginia amid a polio epidemic. Tuck would confer with Dr. Roper and the Virginia attorney general before action. North Carolina reports normal incidence near the Virginia border while Monroe readies space at Camp Sutton for 360 convalescents and a 700 bed polio unit if needed.
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Roper
Newport News
Tuck
North Carolina
Virginia
Carolina
Philadelphia
Monroe
Camp Sutton
Counties Move On DDT Spraying and Public Safety Bans
Mecklenburg County prepared to complete an aerial DDT spraying job after a Charlotte project. Gaston County launched county wide spraying and a public assembly ban for children under 16. Greensboro and Thomasville prohibit children under 16 from pools and playgrounds. Concord abandoned its city recreation program.
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Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Gaston County
Greensboro
Thomasville
Concord
Will Accepts Nominating Address After Late Convention Entrance
Will appeared on the convention platform in the early evening to accept the party nomination in a spontaneous off the cuff address. His train returned to Washington at 4 10 a m after the event.
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Washington
Truman Calls for 26 July Special Session Civil Rights Action
President Truman won the Democratic nomination on the first ballot in Philadelphia and urged a 15 day rush on anti inflation and housing bills plus civil rights legislation at a GOP controlled special session. He said Republicans backed Dewey Warren pledges but failed to act in 80th Congress. The speech drew Southern protests over civil rights planks as Dixie lawmakers threatened to press a states rights convention.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Truman
Congress
Trurman
Richard Russell A
Paul V. McNutt
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Mississippi
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Stock Mart Drifts Little Lower Today
The stock market drifted a little lower in slow trade today in New York. A couple of oil and liquor issues stayed above water while fractional losses prevailed overall. Central Railroad of New Jersey and Nickel Plate fell at times, with smaller declines for U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler J I Case Consolidated Natural Gas General Electric N Y Central Northern Pacific and Texas Company. Caterpillar Tractor Schenley National Distillers Western Union Sinclair Oil and Richfield Oil rose.
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Central Railroad
N. J
Nickel Plate
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
J. I. Case
Consolidated Natural Gas
General Electric
N. Y. Central
Northern Pacific
Texas Co
Air Around Earth Weighs About Six Million Billion Tons
A historical note estimates the total weight of the earth's surrounding air at nearly six million billion tons. The figure reflects ancient scientific curiosity about atmospheric mass and its scale relative to the planet.
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Earth
Thomasville Police Acquire New Three Wheeled Motorcycle
Thomasville police bought a three wheeled motorcycle for Officer Windy Smith to patrol parks for ordinance violators. The vehicle, borrowed from Winston-Salem before, supplements two motorcycles and two cars in the force.
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Thomasville
Windy” Smith
Winston-Salem
Berlin Crisis Deepens As Western Powers Contemplate UN Role
Western ambassadors Lewis Douglas and Rene Massigli discuss options on Berlin including UN Security Council action and possible appeal to the International Court of Justice. A Hague meeting of the Western European Union is planned with Bevin to attend as Berlin tensions rise.
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Rene Massigli
United Nations Security Council
International Court of Justice
The
Hague
Western European Union
France
Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Bevin
Berlin
British Press Association
Russian Ly
Moscow
State Department
Washington
Germany
United States
U.S.A
Miners Return to Work After One-Year Pact
Most of the nation 400000 soft coal miners resumed work after John L. Lewis urged a return. The July 6 stoppage ended under a new one-year contract that added $1 a day. Steel firms contested the deal as illegal under Taft Hartley for union shop requirements.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
No Licenses To Wed Can Be Issued Here
Due to the illness of D W Hoskins of the county tax office in High Point no licenses can be issued in the city for at least the remainder of the week. Persons must apply at the office in Greensboro.
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D. W. Hoskins
High Point
Greensboro
Southern states rights plan sparks Birmingham meeting call
Ex Governor Dixon denounces the national party over civil rights as he urges Democrats to attend a Birmingham gathering to register complaints. The meeting, born from Jackson Mississippi talks, may move from Tutwiler hotel to a 6000 seat city auditorium if turnout warrants.
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National Party
Frank Dixon
Alabama
South
Birmingham
Jackson
Miss
Wright
Southern States Committee
Dixon
States Right Campaign Committee
Tutwiler
City Auditorium
Italian strike ends as Scelba resigns amid political crisis
Prime events in Rome follow the shooting of Togliatti with 20,000 cheering Longo and a Stalin telegram. The interior ministry says normal conditions return as Sicily railways, Expresses, and government offices resume. Police report Antonio Pallante, 2, confessed to traveling to Rome to kill Togliatti over Cominform ties.
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Liberal Party
de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Interior Ministry
Italy
Naples
Rome
Longo
Stalin
Togliatti
Moscow
Soviet Comunist Party
Antonio Pallante
Cominform
Mussolin
Nazareth Enclosed as Israeli Forces Press Palestine War
July 15 1944 reports that Israeli troops encircle Nazareth from three sides and strike Arab positions near Jerusalem. Jewish and Arab sources show skepticism toward a proposed UN truce. Haifa reports Israeli units within striking distance of Nazareth.
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Cairo
Jerusalem
United Nations
Palestine
Haifa
Gossip and notes from baseball and football rounds
Detroit chatter swirls over Steve ONeill potential to lose Tigers job with Doc Cramer seen as successor while John Pettibon may join Louisiana State. Also mentions Beau Jack, Pony League quirks by Wellsville and an Indianapolis AA team joke on dating second base.
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Detroit
Tigers
Steve O'Neill
Doc Cramer
Steve
New Orleans
John Pettibon
Jesuit
Wellsville
N. Y
Pony League
Olean
Joe Tromuth
Indianapolis
A.A
Thomasville Youths Held on Malicious Damage Charge
Four Thomasville youths were jailed on malicious damage charges after police, acting on Fred Gray of Gray Concrete Pipe Co, found slingshots rocks and a box of rocks. They allegedly damaged the pipe company's property and were to be sent to the county juvenile authorities.
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Thomasville
Ivy 146
Fred Gray
Gray Concrete Pipe Company
Wallpaper care: blotting paper and iron for stains
Clean blotting paper and a hot iron can remove soiled spots from wallpaper. This quick method uses gentle heat and blotting to lift marks without damaging the paper.
Dayton Dean Resigns to Start Chickens Ranch at Duke
Dayton Dean once a Duke Athletics business manager and former baseball star resigned in 1947 to pursue a chicken ranch. The new venture earns laughs when football ticket distribution causes squawking, as the focus shifts to the Dean place and the chickens rather than the manager.
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Dayton Dean
Duke U
Dean
Forfeited Leaksville Franchise Reshapes Blue Ridge League
After a bribery scandal, Leaksville North Carolina forfeits its Blue Ridge league franchise. Leading players move to Abiwa where a new franchise is issued and the team promptly loses.
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Leaksville
N. C
Blue Ridge
Abiwa
Oak View Bears Dawdle in Loss as Small Bears Read Smell
In a county league game Oak View fell short 12 to 3 despite late rally. Line shows Baisey and M Knn led with multiple hits while Yokely pitched sparingly. Bears struggled at plate and in field as Furniture City capitalized in early innings.
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Abrh
Abrh Baisey
Croker
Atkins
Bennett
Atkinep
Embler
Yokely
BE. Atkins
SEAT
Oak View
Furniture City
Athletes Foot Germ How To Kill It In One Hour
Reader notice offers a remedy claim for athletes foot germ treatment. It states a drug with Sinowe cent alcohol penetrates and reaches the end and promises rapid results, promoting a purchase at a local drug store.
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Oceotls Drug Store
Poisoned Melon Dodge Backfires on Planter
Le Roy Ivey, superintendent of a black swamp farm in Lumberton, devised a plan to stop thefts by spraying harmless powder on watermelons and spreading a poisoning rumor. When he revisited the field the melons were found slashed beyond salvage.
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Lumberton
le Roy Ivey
Ivey
Prospective Building Contractors Examined
About 71 would be building contractors took state license tests in Raleigh yesterday marking a review of prospective tradesmen for licensure in the area.
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Raleigh
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