Elderly Man Faces Death Sentence in Schuh Murder
In Clearwater Illinois, 69 to 72 year old Charlie Gifford was sentenced to death for the murder of State Rep Charles P Schuh Jr. He told Judge John A Bird that the sentence was acceptable and pleaded insanity at trial. The state argued a long held resentment over Schuh's representation of Mrs Gifford in an insanity case from 1947.
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Clearwater
Fila
Charlie Gifford
Gifford
John A. Bird
Charles P. Schuh
Schuh
Felthaus and Others Appeal Gambling Case in Lexington
In Lexington on July 29 the superior court will hear gambling charges against Frank Felthaus Robert L McCanless and Hubert Reynolds Stiles. They appeal fines and suspended sentences while remaining cleared of operating a gambling house. Felthaus and McCanless faced county court convictions for possessing gaming tables. Felthaus received a 15 month sentence suspended on condition of a 1500 dollar fine and costs and no lottery violations for five years. An alternate 3000 dollar fine was offered. McCanless drew six months suspended on 500 dollar fine and costs with the same conditions or a 1500 dollar fine. Both men paid 50 and 20 dollars in related fines. Stiles received a six month suspended sentence under similar terms. The state labeled their operation as big time with officers estimating three quarters of a million dollars involved at the alleged gambling house.
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Lexington
Frank Felthaus
Robert L. McCanless
Hubert Reynolds Stiles
Felthaus
McCanless
Tiles
Genoa to mark 500th Christopher Columbus birth anniversary
Genoa will observe the 500th birth anniversary of Christopher Columbus with a year long program starting October 12. A citizens committee has been formed to plan the commemoration ceremonies.
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Genoa
Christopher Columbus
Americans Impress Two Foreign Students at HPC
High Point college hosts two international students, John Czarnecki of Poland and Maria Luisa Urdaneta of Colombia. Czarnecki, a 24 year old senior, survived wartime Poland and Nazi persecution before arriving in 1946 and plans to settle in North Carolina after graduation. Urdaneta, 18, studying pre med, praises American education and hopes to study at Medical College of Virginia, with plans to return to Colombia to work in a Protestant hospital.
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America
High Point College
John Czarnecki
Pozan
Poland
Mari Luisa Urdenata
Cali
Colombia
South America
John
Maria
Enterprise
Ted Hodge
Emma Frances Baber
Maria Luisa Urdenata
Czarnecki
Warsaw
New York
Maria Luisa Ardenata
Curry High School
Greensboro
Womans College
United States
Senorita Ardenata
Medical College of Virginia
Protestant Church
Maria Luisa Urdaneta Guerra Granados Vargas Cortez
A Turn About Thomasville by Wint Capel
A Thomasville by pass photo attempt ends with photographer Gilbert File injured as a blast rocks miss. Foreman misjudges rock trajectories though a shot was captured. Negative later blurred. prints unavailable.
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Thomasville By-Pass
Gilbert File
Thomasville
File
Bill Thompson Wins All Male Beauty Contest at Beach Hotel
Myrtle Beach telegrams report Bill Thompson, guest at the beach hotel, won an all male beauty contest in a walk with a strut. The Thomasville Ford agency head also took top honors in the telegrams.
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Myrtle Beach
Bill Thompson
Beach Hotel
Thompson
Thomasville Ford Agency
Arab Teachers Form Union in Haifa Affiliated With Histadrut
About 400 Arab teachers in Haifa have organized a separate trades union tied to Histadrut the Jewish general federation of labor. The move marks a step in labor organization among Arab educators within Israeli schools.
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Haifa
Israel
Histadrut
Jewish General Federation of Labor
Crommelin Claims U S Government Controls Press
Retired Rear Admiral John G. Crommelin told a Birmingham civic club that the national government exercises direct or indirect press control and that a powerful propaganda machine operates in Washington. He cited wire service and big newspaper reporters as sharing only partial facts. The World War II veteran, once in a clash over Defense Department unification, spoke amid his bid to run as an independent against Sen Lester Hill.
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Birmingham
Ala
John G. Crommelin
Washington
America
Crommelin
Defense Department
Navy
U. S
Lester Hill
Woman Catches Her Falling Husband in Courtyard Rescue
In New York on July 2 Mrs Rose Lazzeri heard her daughter scream and saw Alfredo Lazzeri clinging to a third floor window. He swung free when dizzy and fell toward a clothes line. Mrs Lazzeri caught him and both landed unharmed on the pavement.
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New York
Rose Lazzeri
Alfredo
Lazzeri
Met Opera chief appeals to Europe for singers
Rudolf Bing, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera Co., said after a four week talent search across Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France and England that the era of relying on European voices is over. He noted very few outstanding voices remain in Europe.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
New York
Europe
Rudolf Bing
Metropolitan Opera Co
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
France
England
Bing
Three Programs Planned For Gordon Gray Inauguration
The three campus inauguration of Gordon Gray as president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina is set for October 8 to 10. William B. Umstead and others announce themes, radio coverage, and a schedule with sermons, addresses at Chapel Hill and Raleigh, plus dinners and receptions for delegates. Notable university leaders will be invited to attend the three day event.
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Chapel Hill
Gordon Gray
Consolidated University of North Carolina
William B. Umstead
Durham
W. D. Carmichael, Jr
W. H. Plemmons
Consolidated University
United States
North Carolina
Woman's College
Greensboro
University At
Morehead Planetarium
Raleigh
State College Coliseum
Gray
Victor Bryant
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
George Coble
Lexington
Frank Daniels
B. B. Everett
Palmyra
Hugh Harris
Oriental
Albert Lathrop
Frances N. Miller
Charles W. Stanford
William D. Carmichael, Jr
John W. Harrelson
State College
Edward K. Graham
Robert B. House
University At Chapel Hill
Woman's College At
Jane Summerell
Marc Friedlander
Anne Lewis
Albert S. Keister
Katherine Taylor
Louis R. Wilson
Robert E. Cocker
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Topsail Beach
G. Anderson
J. G. Anderson, JR
Holly Ridge, N. C
Felthaus and Others
Columbus
Buick
HPC
By Wint Capel
Julian Brown
Thomasville Bowling Center
Gene Armfield
Armfield
Publisher's Weekly
New York City
Hardy Henry
Henry
North State Telephone CO
American Cleaners
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