Truman Disavows Move to Favor Candidate
President Truman denied plans to push a specific Democrat for the 1948 nomination. Press secretary Charles S. Short stated no one in the White House is set to promote any single figure, despite reports of Stevenson and Harriman as possible ticket leaders.
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Truman
Washington
Sesigh Short
Tial
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
White House
Capitol Hill
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Bapwe
Aes
Dened Bameent
Harriman
Mutual Security
Omaha
Short
Stevenson-Harriman
Chicago
Stevenson - Harriman
Funeral for H. i Jump and Bradshaw at High Point
Funeral services were held for H. i Jump with pallbearers R. L. Tooney G. C. Hull Price Burleson W. C. Comer Jack Walker Thurman Stone LaVerne and Dave Walden. Harmony Trio sang as Bradshaw a retired carpenter and Cotton Mill employee died after a illness. The body rested at the son Paul E Bradshaw's home before services at the church.
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H. i
Floral Garden Park
R. L. Tooney
G. C. Hull
Price Burleson
W. C. Comer
Jack Walker
Thurman Stone
LaVerne
Dave Walden
Mr. Bradshaw
Land Cotton Mill
High Point
Paul E. Bradshaw
Davis Street
Funeral services for William H. Davis set in Kernersville
William Holcomb Davis 81 died Friday at his son Grant Davis's home in Kernersville after three years of declining health and eight weeks of serious illness. Services at Pine Grove Methodist Church Sunday at 2 00 p.m. with four ministers. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by wife Mary Watson Davis and daughters Neva Sechrest Metta O’Ferrell Carrie Warren and Cleo Kernersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernersville
William Holcomb Davis
Grant Davis
Pine Grove Methodist Church
M. E. Manuel
E. F. Baker
C. A. Brown
Clyde W. Faulkner
Davis
Mary Watson Davis
Neva Sechrest
Near
Metta O'Ferrell
Carrie Warren
Cleo Kernersville
Heavy Property Loss After Ardmore Circle Crash
A mid afternoon head on crash on Ardmore Circle caused about $600 in vehicle damage. Eadie Whitson struck a 1948 Buick driven by Howard Hawkins around 3 p.m. No charges were filed by police.
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Ardmore
Eadie Whitson
Ted Howard Hawkins
Hawkins
Spanish winner at state high school contest
Barbara Whitehurst of Charlotte won first place in the state high school Spanish contest announced by University of North Carolina officials in Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
Charlotte High School
Barbara Whitehurst
University of North Carolina
Fifty Graduates Honored at Thomasville Business School
Forty five students received diplomas at the Thomasville ceremony including Barbara Day Ruth Holmes Peggy Hall Jo Ann Jones Carolyn Kennedy and Betty Suenger. High Point grads Dorcus Bu Tal bert Louise ventash E Wall Smith Betty Jo Davis Velva Fraser and Sten Partow earned secretarial and stenography diplomas.
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Thomasville
Barbara Day
Ruth Holmes
Peggy Hall
Jo Ann Jones
Carolyn Kennedy
Betty Suenger
High Point
Dorcus
Peggy Bu — Talbert
Louise Ventash
E Wall Smith
Wall
Betty Jo Davis
Velva Fraser
Sten Partow
Ceme
Kenneth High
Labor Labels Ike No Deal As Raw Deal
The CIO accuses Eisenhower of a no deal campaign that harms workers and favors backers. The CIO News editorial blasts Taft as strategist for the ticket and says labor must choose between Eisenhower and Taft, noting labor's limited options and internal AFL CIO support for Kefauver or Harriman.
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Washington
CIO
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A ‘Cio
Reti
Robert A. Taft
R-O
GOP
Ganda Herrings
Taft
Eisenhower
Ress
Oe Tien Baka
Hedinery
E . Aanee
United
Theditorial
CTO
Sears
Philip Murray
Lacsoane
Anerica
Hame
Tiar
AFL
Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
Tllmoisson
Didate
Taxing Vaudeville and Other City Tax Jabs Reported
The State Tax Dept rules vaudeville actors are businessmen and must pay tax on own material makeup and costumes. New Yorkers groan over a new $5 and $10 auto tax. Milt Rackmill buys J Arthur Rank stake in Universal International in a multi million deal. Harriman victory may influence old New Deal allies to back him. Telegram praises Joey Maxim payoff. City cops verify residents by license plate when tax sticker missing. Broadway signery shows new Canadian Club election trickery in Times Square.
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Boston Post
John Fox
Western Union
State Tax Dept
Washington
Milt Rackmill
Pres
Decca ‘Records
J. Arthur Rank
Universal International
National Democratic Committee
Brightman
Averell Harriman
Kefauver
Harriman
Joey Maxim
Miami
Jim Norris
N. Y
15Th
17Th
Dawn
56Th Street
Canadian Club Electrickery
Times Sq
47Th St
Conspiracy Charged by Kefauver in Convention Plot
Sen. Estes Kefauver era campaign manager Gael Sullivan accused Democratic political bosses of engineering a smoke filled room plan to deadlock the Democratic National Convention. The scheme would elevate Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Richard Russell with Harriman aiding delegates and shifting support to Stevenson. Sullivan warned the country of a calculated bid to deny Kefauver the nomination.
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Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Gael Sullivan
Sen
Richard Russell
Georgia
Sullivan
Ted
Tennessee
Gov. Stevenson
W. A Harriman
Harriman
Russell
le Sane
Stevenson
Nee
Sen. Russell
Tha van Sat
Blease
Sim
St Tunder
Zers
Averell Harriman
Local cops busy with host of minor charges
Police last night arrested Floyd R. Ewing and seven others on assault, larceny, drunken driving, and disorderly conduct charges. Ewing faced larceny and receiving counts for stolen goods including chickens and kerosene. Bonds ranged up to 850 dollars with hearings set in June.
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Floyd R. Ewing
Ewing
Sidney Little
Pme
Alsovaniek
Neceny
Freeman Burris
Hoovertreet
Ieee
Horne
Burris
Robert , Sr
Johnson Street
Jesse James Dunlap
East Street
Burney A. Gray
Harrison Street
Willie
Bill) Richardson
Leonard Street
John Owens
Ridgeway Street
John Fidhe
Tate Street
Wade A. Johnson
Proctor Street
Dunlap
Superior Court
Ira Edwards
Hees Pat
Edwards
Henry Davis Dies at Deep River Home Route 1
Henry Davis 65 a Deep River farmer on route 1 High Point died Saturday afternoon about 5 50 from a heart attack on his farm after prior illness He was born October 12 1886 in Guilford County son of Franklin and Laura Davis He married Irene Yarnall October 5 1935 and was a Guilford College and Haverford College graduate A member of Deep River Friends Meeting North Carolina Farm Bureau and Oakview Grange He served in World War I with the American Friends Service Association later sent to Germany in 1921 by the committee He is survived by Irene Davis two children Margaret and Donald two sisters Mrs E C Winslow Tarboro and Mrs Shaw McArthur Lumberton Funeral at River Friends Meeting House and interment in Deep River Cemetery Flowers requested not to be sent
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Henry Davis
Deep River
High Point
Route 1
Guilford County
Franklin
Laura Mendenhall Davis
Irene Yarnall
Guilford College
Haverford College
Haverford
Penn
Man loves city lands in jail at High Point
Wade Henry Medlin a 31 year old Bakertown resident chose 12 months on the County Farm over staying away from High Point after police picked him up for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Judge Archie Myatt ordered jail then warned if he appears again he should be sent to the farm. Medlin reportedly said he loves the city and cannot stay away.
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Wade Henry Medlin
Bakertown
High Point
Archie Myatt
Medlin
Myatt
M. W. Nash
Aecukter
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William H. Davis
Business School Grads Revealed
Eepe
High Point Heating CO
Hamilton
North State
Randleman
Ihe
Winchell
Rt. 1
China
Lambeth-Welborn
Supty
S. Main ST
N. L. Garner & Son Agency
Ient
Zenith TV
Zenith
Ments
N. Main ST
Prescott
Melville
Pive F
Tom
Clemmons Furniture CO
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