Graduates Hear Brantley Charge to Serve Nation
Commencement at High Point College features Rev. Allen P. Brantley as speaker and honors three ministers with honorary degrees. President Cooke urges graduates to combine mind and heart to save the nation from socialism and communism amid a year of student awards and recognitions.
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Goldsboro
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Ny” Memorial Methodist Church
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Elusive John Fitzgerald Nabbed In Texas By FBI
John Ellis Fitzgerald, a Thomasville safe cracker sought since a jail escape last January, was recaptured in Nacogdoches Texas by FBI Agent in Charge Charles W. Brown. Fitzgerald, 36, had broken from Orange County Prison camp with two others after wounding a guard. He faces a North Carolina charges for the shooting and will be returned for trial.
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Thomasville
Texas
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Charlotte
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Nacogdoches
Tex
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High Point
Norman Edward Hart Ray Wiley Cummings
Virginia
Fitzld
Toorth Carolina
Two Theft Cases Not Pressed in Thomasville Proceedings
William J. Swift of Winston-Salem faced a theft charge for allegedly breaking into C. D. Eller’s meat house on Route 3 March 1 1949 and taking meat valued at 200 dollars. another case involved Walter Brown Hubbard of Polkton with forcible trespassing pleas and 30 days in jail after accepting simple trespass guilt.
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Thomasville Boy Earns Duke University Medical Degree
A Thomasville native received a Doctor of Medicine degree at Duke University during graduation exercises in the indoor stadium. A 1943 Thomasville High School graduate, he studied pre medical work at Duke before U S Army service in Italy with the 255th Engineer Combat Battalion. After discharge in 1946 he resumed medical studies and now serves as interne in obstetrics and gynecology at Duke Hospital, with plans in July to become assistant resident physician in dermatology. he is a member of Nu Sigma Nu.
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Thomasville Fire Engine Damaged in Collision
A new fire engine in Thomasville was slightly damaged after a collision on Memorial Park Drive while responding to a blaze. The crew managed to extinguish a fire near Harrell Chevrolet, with damage estimated around $100.
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One-Year-Old Billy Goodman Wins World Teeth Championship
Billy Goodman, age one, showed a 16 tooth grin as he is declared world champion for growing choppers. He began teething at four and a half months old and rejects strained baby foods.
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Los Angeles
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Yates Reunion Sunday At Home Of Mr and Mrs John Yates
The annual Yates Reunion will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs John Yates in Trinity Reon Sunday Lunch will be at 1 oclock All relatives and friends are invited to be present.
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Siler City
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Cut-Rate War Drives Big Week in West Coast Stores
The price cut chase pulled crowds to San Francisco stores led by Weinstein's Department Store as other merchants joined in while Philadelphia shops saw sales dip amid a quiet market. Shoppers waited for a broader price war after a Supreme Court ruling upending fair trade rules.
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Acheson Defends China Policy In Senate Hearing
Majority in council doubted any mind change from Acheson while Sen Jan echoed that critics have hindsight. McCarthy urged a strong verdict, and Acheson argued Russia may aid Red China if Manchurian rail is bombed, Chiang’s collapse due to leadership will and will to fight, and that China faces no force capable of topp ling the communist regime yet allies fear a wider Far East war.
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Deceased Thomasville Firemen to be Honored Sunday
Thomasville officials announce the annual memorial service for deceased fire department members. The event is Sunday at 1 PM at Memorial Methodist Church and honors Tom Craces Luther McCrary Henry Armsworthy Bob Thomason Howard Sullivan and Grady Underwood.
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Memorial Methodists Church
Tom Craces
Luther McCrary
Henry Armsworthy
Bob Thomason
Howard Sullivan
Grady Underwood
Centennial Exchange Club Talk Outlines Civic Planning Efforts
Members of the Es Club heard about the forthcoming Centennial by chairman Il Sheloff who detailed activities and roles for individuals city officials and civic groups. Revayne urged planning as vital to life and praised schools and colleges for shaping young people to help the plan. The meeting covered state and city historical movements and noted a model meet with delegates from across the state. Howard Wayne won class D honors in the set division and R M Gladstone received the attendance award.
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Classes of 1951 Finish Today Commencement
The three day commencement ends as Yale College Dean Dr. William G. Devane warns of moral courage facing Kremlin crises. Chancellor House receives honors while 922 students at NC State College prepare to receive degrees at Reynolds Coliseum. Lenoir Rhyne grants 131 degrees and honors 32 more. Senator Clyde R. Hoey delivers the NC speech.
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William Neal Reynolds
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Retail price war spreads as inventories surge across stores
The article notes broad price cutting amid high inventories from war-driven stockpiling. Television sets and appliances show large gains while wholesalers and retailers brace for shortages, with potential benefits for consumers but risks of poorer quality and future shortages as defense production continues.
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Saturday closing vote looms for board of governors
Report notes a 59 percent membership backing Saturday closures by governors in early spring. Market activity dipped with Memorial Day approaching while oils and rails showed slack. overall volume eased to about 1.15 million shares after a peak of 1.67 million the prior week.
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T Steels
Eee
MacArthur
McCarthy Warns of Treason Ties in Administration
Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the U S administration of treason aided by bourbon and benedictine alleging insider plots and compromised officials in a late 1940s political row.
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