Hurricane winds damage Lumberton airport hangar
Hurricane force gusts up to 100 mph struck Lumberton North Carolina early today. A Cub airplane at the Lumberton Airport suffered extensive damage as one hangar end blew out and a 100 foot door was displaced. Four planes inside remained undamaged. The CAA called the gusts extremely unusual and a brief storm passed with heavy rain and electrical activity.
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Lumberton
North Carolina
CAA
Weather Bureau
Earp Named Campaign Manager for Olive in Lexi Race
Raleigh reports Dr. Raymond E. Earp a Selma retired surgeon is selected as campaign manager for gubernatorial hopeful Hubert E. Olive of Lexi. Earp will start campaign activities from the Sir Walter Hotel and resign his post with the State Highway Commission. Olive praises his character ability and wide contacts.
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Raleigh
Raymond E. Earp
Selma
Aew Ager
Hubert E. Olive
Lexi
Earp
Olive
Heremorrow
Sir Walter Hotel
State Highway Commission
Dr. Earp
Deadline moved up for North Carolina tax filings
State Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw announced a two day extension for income and intangible tax returns, moving the deadline from midnight March 15 to midnight March 17. The change aligns with the government deadline since March 15 falls on a Saturday this year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Eugene Shaw
Child Welfare Conference Set for March in Raleigh
Advance notices say more than a dozen delegates expect to attend the southern regional conference of the Child Welfare League of America in Raleigh March 13 to 15. Authorities will discuss adoptions day care for war children foster homes and special care for troubled youths.
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Raleigh
Child Welfare League of America
North Carolina Aims to Surpass England in Livestock Grasslands
British agricultural official Prof. R G Baskett visits Raleigh and NC State College praising North Carolina as a little green oasis. He notes grassland farming treats grass as a crop and predicts the state will surpass England in livestock and grass lands within six years as pastures expand.
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Raleigh
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
England
R. G. Baskett
Washington
North Carolina State College
North Carolina
Baskett
Wisconsin
Tornadoes, hail scour Dixie. 300 homes damaged
United Press reports tornadoes, hail and thunderstorms sweeping Arkansas Alabama and Georgia. At least 10 injured and more than 300 homes damaged or destroyed. No deaths reported. Severe weather also brings snow cold and wind across Kansas Missouri and beyond.
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Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Dixie
Flesh and Blood Candidate Return Hinted for Eisenhower
Washington reports suggest the Eisenhower for President group aims to present a flesh and blood candidate soon. Senator Lodge in New Hampshire said Eisenhower will pick the day to return from Europe and assume leadership, boosting the campaign for the GOP nomination. Other notes cover Kefauver entering Maryland’s May 5 Democratic primary, Rhodes backing Kefauver, MacArthur delegates in New Hampshire, Stassen entering Oregon, and Russell courting the Democratic race.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
R-Mass
Berlin
N.H
Lodge
Hear
Eissohower Oil
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Maryland
George M. Rhodes
Dpa
Kefauver
Ervin Hohensee
MacArthur Fort
New Hampshire
Harold E. Stassen
Generare of
Minnesota
Regon Gop
MacArthur
Richard B. Russell
D- Mapenaniae Famie Samen
Franklin County offers reward for two escaped brothers
Franklin County Commissioners voted a $200 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Charlie Thompson, 25, and John Thompson, 19, who escaped the county jail Thursday night. They are charged with armed robbery of Bob Andrews, a 50 year old white farmer, on February 17. A third suspect, Jimmy Blackman, remains at large.
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Louisburg
Franklin County
Charlie
John Thompson
Bob Andrews
Robfai
Jimmy Blackman
Thomasville Chair Strike Looms After Failed Talks
Clete Smith of Local 286 United Furniture Workers announced that Thomasville Chair Company workers will strike soon after wage increase negotiations collapsed. Company official Tom Finch declined to comment as union and company meet after a 7 pm session where no offers were made. Negotiations have continued since September.
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Clete Smith
United Furniture Workers of America, C.S
Thomasville Chair Company
Chair Company
Tom A. Finch
The
Fong
Stock Market Gains on Rumor Led rally across sectors
Unconfirmed rumors of a steel settlement boosted shares in New York trading. Industrials led with gains of 2 to 4 points as oils, metals, rails, and utilities rebounded. Du Pont climbed 2 points, Zenith hit a new high in television, and Amerada rose 5 points in a broadly active session.
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Texas Pacific Land Trust
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du Pont
Zenith
Sears
Moran Sentenced in $500,000 Shakedown Racket
New York jury cinched James J. Moran to 13 to 28 years in prison after branding him the guiding genius of a high stake shakedown operation that allegedly netted half a million dollars yearly.
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New York
James J. Moran
Reds Claim UN Dissuades Prisoners From Returning
UN accusations of bayonets and intimidation surface as Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho reiterates Communist objections to voluntary repatriation. Libby notes 37,000 civilian internees and 16,000 conscripted South Korean soldiers not to be included except on voluntary bases.
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Korea
United Nations Today
Lee Sang Cho
U.N
Lee
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Eitines Doucner
Russia
Libby
Red Army
Powerful Ocean Floor Earthquake Strikes Jap Islands
An ocean floor quake off Hokkaido triggered eight tidal waves across northern Japan smashing thousands of homes, derailing trains and causing at least 35 deaths with hundreds injured and thousands homeless amid severe winter. U S relief airlift and Ridgway ordered aid. Misawa base spared damage. Kushiro hit hard with ships hurled ashore.
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Hokkaido
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Pacific
Fukui
Honshu
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.S. Air Force
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Kushiro
Hon‘shu
Tomewaka
Aibertsun
Truman speaks from deck of new Voice of America station
President Truman addressed Soviet listeners via VOAs first sea going radio station. He urged rulers to abandon hate and terror while saying the United States seeks peace and friendship. The broadcast reached across the Iron Curtain in 45 languages with 37 transmitters and translations, but the Courier’s 150 000 watt transmitter remained off.
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Lady Senator Hurls Charge At Truman
Senator Margaret Chase Smith accused President Truman of setting the tone for corruption in government during the Philadelphia Bulletin forum on integrity in government. She faulted Congress and the Supreme Court, urging a new Republican administration as the cure.
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Truman
Margaret Chase Smith
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Philadelphia Bulletin
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United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Tax Dodger Drive Staged By Bureau
A Justice Department audit released in 1951 details a sweeping bureau crackdown on tax fraud in late 1951. It reports 744 fraud cases sent for prosecution, a 26 percent rise from 1950, and a drop rate of 13 per 100 not prosecuted. Delinquent tax warrants grew to 955 841 at year end, totaling 641 million dollars. Officials attribute action to revenue scandals and new enforcement methods including electronic computing.
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Charles F. Barrett W. Gton
The
Justice Rtment
Spurs Action
Flu Epidemic Closes Schools Across North Carolina
Dozens of schools shut in North Carolina as influenza and other illnesses spread. Forsyth County ordered a weeklong closure plus a quarantine for children under 16, banning public gatherings. Absent student rates rose sharply across several counties, with 21 to 30 percent missing in some districts.
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North Carolina
Catawba
Ashe
Forsyth County
County Board of Health
Forsyth
Ashe County
A. V. Hurt
Newtoower
Julian R. Taylor
Catawba Lincoln-Alexander
State Revenue Climb Linked to Extra Business Day
State revenue shows a 7 percent rise year over year to 3 149 for February with total eight month collections at 84 281 011, boosted by an extra business day. Income tax receipts reach 5 538 184 for February and 5 980 663 gain for eight months, aided by the longer month. Sales and insurance taxes also rise, while inheritance and other taxes show increases.
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Geneva
Shaw
Eecey Fund
Weather Outlook Low of 28 Tonight High 55 Tomorrow
The report notes a low of 28 degrees tonight and a high of 55 degrees tomorrow. Today's high reached 55 with a low last night of 35.
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