Council Has Free Hand In School Board Issue
High Point council may appoint a school board member strictly under the city charter without party or race considerations. Politics, women’s groups, and party pressure shape debate as council weighs a Republican resignation and calls for female representation amid mixed public sentiment.
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High Point
Coke Cecil
Dale Montgomery
American Association of University Women
Association
Henry White
Robert Conner
Senate
Willis Smith
Frank Graham
Weather Outlook From Friendship Weather Bureau
Forecaster says cloudy with showers and a few thundershowers across the area today and this evening. High reaches 88, low 66, with last night’s low around 67.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
They'll Do It Every Time Feature Summary
They illustrate a recurring gag in the comic strip about a king presiding over a court of pratfalls. The piece notes the humor style, the dates, and the artist behind the series.
Dragline Confession Breaks Ice in Seattle Divorce
In Seattle court James T. Swanson admitted no affair while in Alaska. A letter showing a joke about a "new honey" turned out to refer to his $50,000 dragline excavator. Swanson was granted the divorce.
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Seattle
James T. Swanson
Alaska
Swanson
Train wrecker imitates movie thriller in Missouri
A 15 year old boy in Caruthersville admitted wrecking a Frisco passenger train switch and signal near Holland Missouri after watching a movie about the Dalton gang. The train derailed at 50 miles an hour injuring 13 and killing the engineer. no charges filed yet.
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Caruthersville
Daltons
Claxton
Teakton Gang
Midwest
Young Godsey
Jurist Plan To Be Known Tomorrow In Court Trial
The Municipal Court uses a plan by Judge D C MacRae that asks liquor buyers to identify their seller to expose bootleggers. Wayne Saunders 27 faces trespass assault and drunkenness charges after testifying about a night at Daily Smiths home. Officers report seven pints of bonded liquor and gin found on Lexie Davis 24 and Worth Davis 46, who may be tied to the liquor purchase. Saunders' fate will be decided tomorrow when his case is judged in Municipal Court.
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Mynex
Canada
Harry Hondros
D. C. MacRae
Wayne Saunders
Route 1
Daily Smith
North Main
Saunders
Lexie V. Davis
Worth Davis
North Main Street
Youth Struck by Lightning on School Grounds
Fourteen year old P Carliss Evans was knocked down by lightning while playing on the high school field near Jones street. He was rushed to Memorial hospital in serious condition but said to be improving slowly. doctors described him as a sick boy yesterday afternoon.
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Jones Street
P. Carliss Evans
B. E. Evans
Fisher Street
Memorial Hospital
Tar Heel Missing in Korea Named in Casualty List
A master sergeant from North Carolina is listed as missing in action in Korea. M/Sgt. Austin D. Flack, son of John E. Flack of Route 1 Union Mills Rutherford County NC, is named in casualty list No. 40 as missing.
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Tar Heel
Washington
North Carolina
Defense
Dea
Austin D. Flack
John E. Flack
Route 1
Union Mills
Rutherford County
N. C
Reserves Ordered Out Fayetteville Unit Extends Duty
Fayetteville unit of the army's organized reserve corps ordered to extended duty today by Capt. Robert J. Crawford commander of the 443rd ordnance ammunition company. Activation date and unit strength not announced.
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Fayetteville
Army
Organized Reserve Corps
Robert J. Crawford
443Rd Ordnance Ammunition Company
New Charges Put Against 2 Defendants
Jamestown brothers Charles Manuel, 29, and John Wesley Manuel, 16, were arrested after a shotgun incident at a sawmill. Deputies say they admitted taking sawmill equipment and clothes worth about 40 dollars from a nearby mill. They face breaking and entering and larceny counts and were released on bond.
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Jamestown
Charles Manuel
John Wesley Manuel
Moody Dunn
Dunn
Manuel
Navy contract to Douglas for R4D modernization
The U S navy announced a contract with Douglas Aircraft Co for modernizing 100 R4D transport planes. The upgrades double service life, boost load by 50 percent, and increase speed by 50 mph. The R4D refers to the C-47, the army’s wartime transport.
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Santa Monica
Calif
U. S. Navy
Douglas Aircraft ‘Co
Korea
Douglas
Navy
Sperm Whale Head Size and Early Paper Making Spread
The head of the sperm whale makes up about one third of the animal's length. Paper making reached Europe via the Moors and cotton fibre paper appeared in Spain around the seventh century.
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Europe
Spain
Truman Seeks Ten Billion for Military Action in Korea
Behind the News discusses President Truman’s proposal of ten billion dollars for military needs tied to a Korean police action. It analyzes potential funding through taxes, the fiscal impact, and how such a surge would alter the budget, payrolls, and middle and lower income groups.
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New York
Truman
U. S
Bus Stolen by 14 Year Old Recovered in Asheville
A 14 year old boy stole a 24 passenger bus from the Church of Christ and was found by police about 3 a.m. He claimed he took it to ride around a while and had swapped a new battery from another vehicle before being stopped. The bus was recovered in better condition than when taken.
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Asheville
Church of Christ
Argentina Not To Outlaw Communism
Buenos Aires July 25 President Juan D Perons congressional leaders repudiated a bill to outlaw Communism in Argentina The leaders said the bill would not be considered or debated in the chamber of deputies Our administration deputies introduced the bill July 19 Chamber President Hector J Campora and Peronista Leader Angel Miel Asquia told newsmen the measure does not reflect the spirit of Perons party.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Hector J. Campora
Peronista
Angel Miel Asquia
Peron
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William L. Godsey
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New Zealand
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