Thomasville Excluded From NAACP Discrimination Suit
The NAACP plans a Davidson county and Lexington suit against school segregation. Thomasville will not be included per Lexington church leader Rev. J Leon Pridgeon. A federal case in Greensboro could open within 90 days. Davidson and Lee counties face claims about Dunbar High School facilities and the lack of an auditorium at Lexington High.
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Thomasville
Nationa Association For Advancement of Colored People
Davidson County
Lexington
NAACP
J. Leon Pridgeon
Union Baptist Church
Naacp Chater
Federal Cours
Greensboro
Durham
C. O. Pearson
Davidson- Ee
Dunbar High School
Lexinton
Dunbar
AACP
Baal
University of North Carolina
Paul Evans
County Board of Education
Lexington Naacp
Greene
Davidson
Church Street
Evans
Kelly Alexander
Charlotte
Spring Hope
Scott
North Carolina
Doomed Sailor Nearing Home With Last Wish
Memphis dispatch reports Seaman Jim Vowell, 100 miles from Bruceton Tennessee, seeks one final visit home as doctors predict his brain tumor will end his life in three weeks. Transferred from Oakland to Millington, he awaits medical clearance for the trip.
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Memphis
Jim Vowell
Vowell
Naval Air Station
Millington
Saacamede Bruceton
Tenn
Navy
Oakland
Calif
Naval Hospital
Bruceton
Presbyterians Pick Charleston for Next Assembly Site
The General Assembly of Presbyterians approved church property rules keeping ownership with local congregations and chose Charleston as the site for next year’s assembly. Delegates accepted a judicial committee report and discussed term limits for pastors.
Disabled Vets Elect Lewis Commander at Raleigh Session
James H. Lewis of Greensboro was elected commander of the North Carolina department of the Disabled American Veterans at the two day state convention in Winston Salem. The DAV auxiliary named Mrs Pauline C of Durham as commander. The 1952 convention was awarded to Greensboro.
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Winston-Salem
James H. Lewis
Greensboro
North Carolina
Luke E. Chi
Gastonia
Ed Coffey
M. M. Madden
Burlington
Efforts to Recover Body Continue at Quarry Lake
In Salisbury North Carolina divers continue using twelve power pumps to drain a deep quarry lake in a bid to recover the body of Bill Barnes a local high school student who drowned on May 31. The water has been lowered significantly as search teams work through the afternoon and evening.
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Salisbury
N. C
Here
Bill Barnes
Chinese Fight Drives North Koreans in Chorwon Sector
Allied forces pressed toward Chorwon and Kumhwa as shelling and infantry assaults pushed Reds from bunkers. U N troops breached a bridgehead near Chorwon Humhwa while artillery and air strikes hit Red lines and supply routes along the Imjin front.
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Chi
Chorwou
Chorwon
Saury
Truc
Humhwa
Kumhwa
Lotmeell
Eos
U. N
Imjin Oo J
Seoul
Old ‘Republic
Hwachon
Yanggu
Inje
U.N
Kansong
Parallel 38
Fifth Air Force
Chorwon-Kumhwa
Berserk air passenger rages aboard Alaska Airlines flight
Fairbanks Alaska June 9 a 20 minute rampage by Liam Henry Miles 31 grounded a nine passenger Wein Alaska Airlines aircraft. Pilot Don Hulshizer 32 said Miles attacked the cockpit caused damage to the plane and parked aircraft before police overpowered him and jailed him in a padded cell.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Aska
Don Hulshizer
Hulshizer
Liam Henry Miles
Federal Hulshizer
Miles
Arctic Circle Hot Springs
Wein Alaska Airlines
Nee
Police Work On Pair Of Hit-Run Cases
Police searched area for two hit-and-run drivers after two crashes within 15 minutes. Charles A. Douglas of Winston-Salem reported his car hit in the 1000 block of Ward Street. A second crash in the 500 block of North Hamilton damaged Billy L. Cheves’s car and Harold Reid’s vehicle, with a panel truck seen as the other driver.
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Ward Street
Charles A. Douglas
Winston-Salem
North Hamilton
Billy L. Cheves
Harold Reid
Women Campaign Against Domestic Withholding Tax
Anti-withholding tax advocate Vivien Kellems predicts a vast women led crusade to oppose income tax collection. She cites a Texas incident where fifteen women refused to collect social security taxes for domestics. She plans a mass civil disobedience and readiness to challenge the Supreme Court on tax legality.
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Los Angeles
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Miss Kellems
Texas
Finns, Swedes, and Britons shaping early Christian spread
Fragmentary note traces how Christianity reached Finland via Swedish contact and later influences from Britain. The text hints at historical routes but provides few concrete dates or figures.
Marshall ranks over old chief during World War II
The speaker rejects any claim that his actions favored communism or formed a political coalition with it. He recalls postwar China after Japan’s defeat, calling the Communists a nebulous threat and a minority faction. He cites Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek pursuing unity and argues the Communists faced destruction or political pressure, as in Japan.
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Japan
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Rosebushes Charge To See Quadruplets
Pont iac Michigan June 9 UP Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rosebush parents of five month old quadruplets today nailed a sign on their front door announcing that strangers would have to pay 25 cents to get inside It s strictly self defense the mother said We ve had as many as 50 here at one time We can t even sit down to a meal without being interrupted
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Pontiac, Mich
Kenneth Rosebush
President Truman Embarks On Overnight Potomac Cruise
President Truman departed Washington by yacht Williamsburg for an overnight cruise down the Potomac River. He left at 3 p.m. and is to return to the capital at the same hour Sunday. The White House said the vessel is used by naval aide Adm. Law and a few officers.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Potomac River
Rt Law
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