Prices Rise on Georgia Florida Tobacco Markets
Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco prices edge higher on Wednesday as U S Department of Agriculture reports gains of 2 to 6 dollars per hundred pounds. Waycross Waycross Waycross totals 292 626 pounds for 149 083 73 at 50 94 per hundred. Hazelhurst 280 942 pounds for 142 367 37 at 56 75. Pelham average 60 per hundred. Lake City Florida 52 34. Live Oak sold 585 198 pounds for 303 029 39 at 51 79.
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Valdosta
Georgia- Florida
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Waycross
Hazelhurst
Pelham
Lake City
Fla
Live Oak
Cool Air Mass Blues Carolinas As Heat Peaks
The Associated Press reports cool air moving toward the Carolinas from the Northwest while temperatures near 100 linger for a fourth day. Scattered showers may temper highs, with record hot spots in Lumberton Raleigh and Charlotte. Water shortages prompted conservation measures in several towns.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Columbia City
Congaree
Columbia
Coumbia
Kingstree
S. C
Charlotte
Lumberton
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Elizabeth City
Hickory
Winston-Salem
New Bern
South Carolina
Anderson
Florence
Marion
Greenville
Sumter
Spartanburg
Truce talks in Panmunjom show no progress after long meeting
In Panmunjom Korea United Nations and Communist delegates held their longest meeting in five days totaling 26 minutes but no accord emerged. The 17th secret session since July 4 left prisoners of war exchange as the last hurdle with the Communists demanding repatriation of 170000 war prisoners while the UN rejects 100000 who have renounced communism.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Adlai Stevenson's Name Explained and Origins
CHICAGO UP Gov Adlai E Stevenson has explained his first name is pronounced Add-lay with the accent on add. Hebrew translators say the name means the father of just judgments and the name has appeared in the Stevenson family for over 200 years. The first Adlai Stevenson was the governor’s grandfather who was a president under Grover Cleveland.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai
Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Grover Cleveand
Eva Peron in serious condition as crisis feared
Bulletin from Buenos Aires reports Mrs Eva Peron remains seriously ill with new crisis anticipated. President Juan D Peron stayed at the Palermo residence as Cabinet officials sought daily updates on the first lady's health.
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Buenos Aires
Eva Peron
Juan D. Peron
Palermo
Civil Rights Issue Appears To Be Resolved
The 1948 party platform adopts a civil rights plank by voice vote, seen as a compromise that should avoid Southern walkouts. Reactions include Sen. Lister Hill praising lack of compulsion, Gov. Byrnes voting against in committee but not dissatisfied, while Georgia and Mississippi delegations opposed the plank.
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Chicago
Lister Hill
Alabama
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
4-H Group Will Elect New Officers
At North Carolina State College leaders of State 4-H Club Week prepare for officer elections and tonight’s dress review. Harold Langdon of Johnston County and Elizabeth Ann Rhinehardt of Iredell County won 4-H health king and queen honors for outstanding health improvement work. Rhinehardt aided polio cancer Red Cross and tuberculosis drives and organized health skits. Langdon expanded sanitation and housing health efforts and supported nurses and talks. The week concludes tomorrow with a candlelighting ceremony in Riddick Stadium.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Harold Langdon
Johnston County
Elizabeth Ann Rhinehardt
Iredell County
Miss Rhinehardt
Langdon
Riddick Stadium
Alma Goodnoe Completes Home Re-Papering Solo
Eaton Rapids Michigan Mrs Alma Goodnoe aged 80 completed an extensive DIY project by re papering her entire home herself. She spent weeks measuring cutting and pasting wallpaper in each room proving surprising stamina and meticulous care.
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Eaton Rapids, Mich
Alma Goodnoe
Greek Letter Puzzle Briefs and Wordplay Clues
A mixed set of cross number style clues lists Greek letters, terms, and wordplay prompts. Includes horizontal and vertical entries such as armadillo halted, producer eggs, and America humorist plus various cryptic style hints across categories.
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America
Greece
Puzzle answer list clueing various terms
A labeled answer set mapping crossword style clues to their solutions including mimicker simile or mimic, a Jewish reproach term, Russian hemp, facility, winter vehicle, loaner, observe, protuberance, unvarnished Lee, shrub genus, heavenly body, ceremony, foot part, bones, fish, crimson, railroads abbreviation, and entangle.
Clean burglar nabbed in Dallas after bathtub clue
Dallas police arrested a 22 year old burglar after he entered a home and was found in a tub of soapy water with his shorts wet. He claimed he planned to take a bath before fleeing the scene.
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Dallas
Tex
Pottsville High graduates all boys in 10 member class
Pottsville Texas reports the graduating class of Pottsville High School this year consisted entirely of boys, totaling 10 students in the class.
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Pottsville, Tex
Pottsville High School
Gas Tank Explosion Harms 13 Baptist Travelers
In Cherokee North Carolina 13 Baptist laymen were injured, two critically, when a bus gas tank exploded during a twilight prayer service at Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The 34 Prescott Memorial Baptist Church members from Memphis Tennessee were returning from the Ridgecrest gathering. The blast followed a overheated exhaust pipe igniting luggage as the compartment opened.
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Cherokee
N. C
Tennessee
North Carolina
Newfound Gap
Prescott Memorial Baptist Church
Memphis
Tenn
Baptist Training Union Assembly
Ridgecrest
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina-Tennessee State Line
National Park
Carl Davis
Davis
Truman May Prevent His Nomination
A Chicago White House observer says President Truman will act to keep his name from being placed in nomination. He plans to message Pennsylvania delegate William J. Green and other draft Truman supporters to stop pushing his candidacy. Truman has repeatedly said he served his time and will not seek reelection, and he shows no sign of changing this stance.
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Chicago
White House
Truman
Pennsylvania
William J. Green
Green
Salem College Hosts 38 Contestants for Miss North Carolina
Salem College in Winston-Salem hosts 38 contestants for the Miss North Carolina pageant. Contestants arrive in convertibles and rehearse at Reynolds Auditorium ahead of Saturday final judging. Current Miss America Colleen Kay Hutchins and Bob Poole MC the three day event. Winner receives a 1000 scholarship and goes to Miss America in Atlantic City. Lenora Slaughter directs the state pageant.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Salem College
North Carolina
Salem Girls’ College
Reynolds Auditorium
Colleen Kay Hutchins
Salt Lake City
Stonesville
Bob Poole
Mutual Broadcasting Co
New York
Atlantic City
Tember
Lenora Slaughter
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