Barbara George Takes Second in Miss High Point Contest
Miss High Point crowned Jean Burnworth 18, daughter of M D Burnworth, of 1001 Tipton Street. Barbara George of 113 Hillcrest Drive placed second. Ettalee Monroe, 18, next door at 1003 Tipton Street, finished third and will enter Wo a College in Greensboro.
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Center
High Point
Jaycee
Miss Burnworth
M. D. Burnworth
Tipton Street
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Terae
George
Daugh
Ter
Edgar George
Hillcrest Drive
Ettalee Monroe
H. B. Monroe
Woa College
Greensboro
Morehead City
Ruth Ellen Monroe
Curtis Smithdeal, Inc
Betty Jo Honeycutt
E. L. Honeycutt
Chandler Street
High Point College
Belk-Beck Company
Communists Exploit Rosenberg Executions Across Europe
Western European and Communist outlets reacted to the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executions. Protests erupted in London Paris and other capitals with arrests and injuries reported in Paris as riot police confronted demonstrators. Communist radios denounced the action while some papers urged mercy or criticized U S policy as a martyrdom scenario.
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London
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Europe
Paris
U. S
L'Humanite
Danish Social-Demokraten
Copenhagen
America
United States
Paris-Presse
American Student Arrested in East Berlin Riots
Rudolph Kass, 22, of Cedarhurst Long Island New York, was arrested in East Berlin during Wednesday’s riots while photographing with two Free University students. He is in custody of the Soviet Military Command. Kass had lived at the university student home on Clay Alley in the U S sector.
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Berlin
East Berlin
U.S. High Commission
Rudolph Kass
Cedarhurst
Long Island
New York
Free University
West Berlin
Clay Allee
U. S
Textile leaders hear Jonas closing convention speech
U S Representative Charles R Jonas of Lincolnton addressed the final session of the Southern Textile Association annual convention. Plant supervisors elected new officers as the meeting adjourned with D A Purcell of Draper departing as outgoing president.
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Jonas
U. S
Charles R. Jonas
Lincolnton
Southern Textile Association
D. A. Purcell
Draper
Divers End Search By Raising Three Bodies From River
A Baltimore diver retrieved three bodies from the Chop Tank River near its outlet to Chesapeake Bay. The deceased include Romaine Sanders 19, Sara Mitchell 23, and two men identified as George Ackerman 23 and George Yost 22. The wreckage from a Washington to Salisbury flight eight days earlier was found with markings on a wing identifying Ackerman.
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Miss Mitchell
Young Ackerman
Washington
Ackerman
Abrahams
George Yost
Coast Guard
Salisbury
Navy Air
Civil Air Patrol
North Carolina Lawyers Elect New Officers at Wrightsville Beach
Members of the North Carolina Bar Association elected new officers at their annual convention in Wrightsville Beach. C A McKnight editor of The Charlotte News urged reform of outdated legal procedures to prevent delayed justice and eroded trust in the profession.
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Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina Bar Association
C. A. McKnight
Charlotte News
McKnight
Boys State Nears End at Chapel Hill
Budding politicians convened as the American Legion Tar Heels Boys State nears completion. After a week of government training 307 high school students vote for officer slates presented by two parties the Nationalists and the Confederates.
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Boys’ State
State adopts updated building code with new materials
Raleigh official Bernard Crocker reports the State Building Code Council approved changes and elected him council chairman. The 1941 code was modernized by the action, signaling new materials and designs can be used statewide.
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Raleigh
State
Bernard Crocker
Crocker
North Carolina Plants End Five-Week CIO Strike
About 5,000 workers at Western Electric Co plants in Winston Salem Greensboro and Burlington will return to work Monday after approving a new contract with wage increases from five to 11 cents. The Communications Workers of America strike began May 14.
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Greensboro
Western Electric Co
North Carolina
Winston- Salem
Burlington
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Doctor William H. Frazer Dies After Auto Crash
Dr. William H. Frazer 79 former Queens College president died after injuries from a Wednesday night auto accident. A native of Lafayette Alabama Frazer led the Presbyterian women's college from 1921 to 1939 after earlier pastorates in Atlanta Macon and Anderson. He later led Bellhaven College Jackson Mississippi before joining Queens.
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Charlotte
William H. Frazer
Queens College
Frazer
Presbyterian Women’s College
Lafayette
Ala
Atlanta
Macon
Anderson
D. C
Bellhaven College
Jackson
Miss
Queens
Rosenbergs Die Quietly In The Electric Chair
OSnin g New York and international crowds watched Julius and Ethel Rosenberg die by electric chair in Sing Sing on the eve of the Jewish Sabbath. Both offered no statements as witnesses described the scene and guards maintained strict security.
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Ossining
N. Y
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Soviet Russia
Sing Sing
Unite States
New York
London
Paris
Union Square
Aoer
Daily Worker
Reds demand U N control of South Korea and recapture 26000 POWs
Associated Press report from Munsan says Reds insist the U N must control South Korea and recapture 26 000 anti Red prisoners freed by President Syngman Rhee. They protest Rhee’s actions but do not rule out an armistice. Pyun declares 9000 anti Reds still in Allied stockades must be freed. Clark reply follows.
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Associated Press Munsan (m
Reds
U. N
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
T. Y. Pyun
Mark Clark
Pyun
Clark
Seoul
Gen. Clark
TVA tour ends with visit to North Carolina State College
The 1953 TVA test demonstration supervisors from seven states concluded their four day tour with a stop at North Carolina State College. Dr C H Sitian director of resident instruction at State College explained the school of agriculture work as he prepares to become chancellor on September 1.
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Raleigh
TVA
North Carolina State Colege
C. H. Sitian
State College
School of Agriculture
Nurses elect Asheville division officers
Dr. Elizabeth L. Kemble of Chapel Hill was re elected president of the Southern Division American Nurses Association. Other officers chosen at the closing convention session included Mrs Sadie Brown of San Antonio Texas and Mrs Virginia Campbell of Richmond Va as vice presidents Mrs Myrtle C Applegate of Jefferstown Ky was secretary and Mrs Jessie Faris of Richmond Va treasurer
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Asheville
Elizabeth L. Kemble
Chapel Hill
American Nurses Association
Sadie Brown
San Antonio
Texas
Virginia Campbell
Richmond
Myrtle C. Applegate
Jeffersontown
Jessie Faris
Rhododendron Festival Opens on Roan Mountain Summit
Bands from Elizabethtown and Cloudland Tennessee performed in a morning concert as ceremonies on Roan Mountain crowned rhododendron queens from North Carolina and Tennessee. The seventh Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival opened with pageantry atop the 6,300 foot summit.
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Bakersville
Roan Mountain
North Carolina
Tennessee
Elizabethtown
Cloudland
Tenn
Accountants Elect New Leader at North Carolina Convention
A business session and board meeting occupied North Carolina accountants at their final convention. William W. Orr of Asheville was elected president, succeeding Arnold L. Weaver of Lexington.
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Winston-Salem
Board of Directors
North Carolina
State Society of Accountants
William W. Orr
Asheville
Arnold L. Weaver
Lexington
Convention Ends With Banquet For North Carolina Letter Carriers
A banquet and dance in Greensboro capped the annual convention of North Carolina letter carriers with speeches by Sen Willis Smith and Rep Hugh Alexander. Delegates elected and installed new officers. Separately in Montreat Rev George Heaton spoke on Wake Up and Live as part of a two day North Carolina Presbyterian Synod gathering with nearly 500 attendees.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Hugh Alexander
Heaton
George Heaton
Charlotte
Myers Park Baptist Church
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
House Votes $4.99 Billion Foreign Aid Authorization
Rep. Vorys led opposition to cuts as the House approved intact a $4.9985 billion foreign aid program by a 280 to 108 vote after seven hours of debate. The measure now moves to the Senate where further changes are expected, with final appropriations due later.
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Washington
Vorys
Ohio
House
Eisenhower
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
Foreign Affairs Committee
European Defense Community
GOP
Senate
Korean Prison Breaks and Rhee Clash Over POWs
Up to 300 anti Red Korean prisoners fled a United Nations stockade at Sang Mundai raising total escapes to over 26 000 since Wednesday. Seoul demands Gen Clark release all remaining prisoners while President Rhee faces sharp protests and U N Command accusations of breaking authority. India plans to send troops to guard recalcitrant prisoners if an armistice is signed.
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Seoul
Sang Mundai
South Korea
U. N. Prisoner of War Command
Rhee
Eisenhower
Phee
U. N
U. S
Pusan
Yung Tai Pyun
Clark
Pyun
United Nations
Mark
Tokyo
Won Yung Duk
Won
Korea
India
Rhee’s Stock Sparks Congressional Criticism Over Prisoner Release
U S lawmakers from Magnuson to George questioned President Rhee after his decision freeing 25 000 prisoners from U N camps. Dulles and U N diplomats pressed for an early truce while Rhee invited an American envoy to Korea. Magnuson warned the move gives Communists an easy out and Congress readies a resolution praising Rhee.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Congress
Magnuson
D-Wash
Rhee
United Nations
Reed Holds Friendly Talk With Eisenhower On Excess Profits Tax
Rep. Reed of New York met with President Eisenhower in Washington and gave no read on relaxing his opposition to a six month extension of the excess profits tax. He said only that the visit was very friendly and would not say if he would move the bill. Reed has blocked committee action while supporting hearings on the proposal as Eisenhower seeks a balanced budget.
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Dulles
U. S
U. N
Rhee
Magnuson
Korea
Rep. Gwinn
R-Ny
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Syngman Ee
Washington
Reed
R-N.y
Eisenhower
Ways and Means Committee
Esenhower
House
Congress
White House
Weather: mild night and hot tomorrow in area
Low tonight around 70 with a high near 94 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 93 and last night’s low was 48. Sunset today at 7 40 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 03 p m.
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