Grand Jury May Indict Lynching Suspects Today or Tuesday
In Greenville South Carolina Solicitor Ashmore said a bill of indictment charging 31 men with murder in the Willie Earle lynching will go to the grand jury today or Tuesday. A coroner's jury found mob action caused Earle's death and testimony identified taxi dispatcher R Carlos Herd Sr as the trigger man though he denies firing. Bail for most defendants is set at 2500 dollars.
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High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Greenville
S. C
Willie Earle
Robert T. Ashmore
General Sessions
George B. Greene
Anderson
Greenville County
Ashmore
Sam R. Watt
Spartanburg
Identi
R. Carlos Herd, Sr
Herd
Earle
Pickens County
W. T. Brown
Couple Weds After Fifty Years of Separation
Hollywood residents George Beck and Elizabeth Ruess married after reconnecting last October following Beck’s wife’s death in 1944. Beck is 68 and Ruess 67. they had first become engaged in New York fifty years earlier but married others.
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Hollywood
George Beck
Elizabeth Ruess
New York
Honeym
Beck
Scout Leader To Be In City During Week
Gilbert Bush deputy executive of Region 6 Boy Scouts of America will visit Uwharrie council March 13 15 to conduct the annual charter review. He meets with staff district chairmen at a dinner Friday night and holds the charter review Saturday.
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Gilbert Bush
Boy Scouts of America
Atlanta
Uwharrie Council
Thomasville
High Point
Lexington
Salisbury
Mocksville
Mr. Bush
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Ocal Council
Bush
Region Six
Formosans Demand Self Government in Formosa
In Nanking Formosan representatives demand self rule hours after Chiang Kai Shek blames Formosans with communist leanings and collaborators for unrest. They claim 3,000 to 4,000 Formosans were killed in the February 28 riot, urging independence while 6 million Formosans vow to remove Chen Yi and safeguard liberty.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pacific
Chiang
Formosa
Chen Yi
United States Tobacco Co. Reports 1946 Net Profit
United States Tobacco Co. reports 1946 net profit of 2,198,079 dollars or 1.11 dollars a share, down from 1945’s 2,340,343 dollars or 1.13 dollars a share. Early U S stamps were not isolated and sheets had to be cut apart.
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New York
United States Tobacco Co
U. S
Margaret Truman Under Treatment For Laryngitis
Margaret Truman, daughter of the president, is treated for laryngitis delaying her radio singing debut. She traveled from Detroit to Washington by plane and is expected to participate in the broadcast next Sunday night.
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Washington
Margaret Truman
White House
Miss Truman
Detroit
Body of Edward R. Willcox Found Near Pine Bluff
The body of Edward R. Willcox, 34, a Norfolk attorney, was found last night near the sanatorium at Pine Bluff, Moore County. Sheriff B J McDonald said Willcox killed himself with a razor blade after a two day disappearance. He had been under treatment for a nervous disorder and left a note indicating the body’s location. Family members were at the sanatorium arranging funeral services.
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Carthage
Edward R. Willcox
Norfolk
Pine Bluff
N. C
B. J. McDonald
Moore County
Willcox
Santarium
Charleston Expands Steamship Links to Asia and Africa
Charleston moves to boost service with new monthly steamship routes to Africa the Philippines and China starting in April. George S. Demerell Charleston director of the state ports authority said the American South African lines will run schedules to the Philippines and the far east handling textiles from southeastern mills and general cargo from Charleston.
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Charleston
S. C
Africa
Philippine Islands
China
George S. Demerell
State Ports Authority
Philippines
Far East
Southeastern Mills
Demerell
Mrs Alben Barkley Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Alben W Barkley aged 64 wife of Kentucky senator died today after a long illness. Death was given as heart ailment. A separate note mentions extinct penguin species nearly six feet tall.
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Alben Barkley Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Radio Program Changes Due to Late Network Corrections
Radio schedules show time shifts and adjustments in a long list of programs with times in PM EST. Instructions note subtracting one hour for CST and two hours for standard time, and warn that relay times from local stations may vary.
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Casanova Romeo
Don Juan
Spike Jones
Daley
Virginia Welles
Broadhurst
Cass Daley
Donald Duck
Jerome Kern
van Johnson
Frank Sinatra
Robert Walker
van Heflin
Lucille Lena Bremer * Horne
Tony Martin
Judy Garland
June Allyson
Kathryn Grayson
Dinah Shore
Gela Lansbury
Virginia O'Brien
Technicolor Sports Revue
Vivien Claude Leigh Rains
Cleopatra
Marvelous Technicolor
Jean Gile
Plu
Disney Carta
Ox” Faward Norris
Paramount
California
Ray Mill
Barbara Stanwyck
Rialto
John Carroll
Carton - Novelty
Michigan
Salem Street
Thomadsville
Monte Cristo
Barbara Britton and
Louise Hayward
Hi Rvel
Trudy Russell
Ellen Drew
Robert Stanton
Tobacco Firm
Prospers
Tommy Kelley
Mae Robson
Walter Brennan
Victor Jory
Ann Gilli
Donald Meek
Wormer
Farrell
Abe
Kop Harrigan
Mbs
Cbe
Sky King
Abc-West
Cbs
Jack Armstrong
Abc-Weat
West
Lowell Thomas
Abc World News
Cbbs
Racio
Abc
Cbs News
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Abe Jack Smith
Cbhe
Elmer Davis
Abe Dancing Music Orchestra
Carolyn Gilbert
Abe Hob Hawk Quin
Tone Ranger
Abe Henry J. Taylor
Kaltenborn
Ucomment
Abe Bill Brandt
Eclsium
Abe McGarry
His Mouse
Skip Farrell
Howard Barlow
Abe Joan Davis
Cba
Sherlock Holmes
Gregory Hood
Voorhees
Abe Radio Theater
Beulah
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Borge
Aboe the Bishop's Relief Committee
Abde
Guy Lombardo
Screen Guild Players
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Rie A and Unting Club
M! Ie
Joe Mooney
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