County Election Board Takes Over Precinct Boundaries
The county board gains power to create and define precincts including in High Point and Greensboro to centralize permanent registration. It outlines crosschecks and central files, allows registration across counties, and sets purge rules and polling place registration limits with required registrars.
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Gibsonville
County Board of Elections
County Board
High Point
Greensboro
Board of Elections
Board
Board of E
Nuniry
Red Hunt Disclosed Work With New Committee
Red Hunt disclosed the foreign relations subcommittee and not the internal security panel. He plans to work closely with the new committee and has praised it, turning over much material. On a tip from McCarthy the committee seized hundreds of items from the Institute of Pacific Relations amid last year’s inquiry into alleged Communist ties.
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McCarthy
Institute of Pacific Relations
New Cold Air Moving Out Of Canada
A band of snow sleet and freezing rain stretched eastward across the Midwest as a new cold wave hit the Dakotas. Sleet slicked highways in Missouri Nebraska and Dakota while forecasters said the system would move into Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Michigan. Bitter cold persisted in Montana and Western Canada with Helena recording 21 below zero and Norman Wells 40 below in Canada.
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Midwest
Dakotas
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Canada
Montana
Helena
Mont
Ellensburg
Hp Cutbank
Norman Wells
Mackenzie
Mercury
Writers Elect New Officers
In Durham on March 9 7 Bill Hackney of the High Point Enterprise was elected president of the Northlina Scholastic Sports Writers association. The group will meet to select an all state basketball team after the state tournament with Webb of the Greensboro Daily News as western vice president Herman Blackman of the Raleigh News and Observer as eastern vice president Bent Ieton secretary and Karl Fleming of the Durham Morning Herald treasurer.
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Bill Hackney
High Point Enterprise
Northlina Scholastic Sports Writers Association
Webb
Greensboro Daily News
Herman Blackman
Raleigh News and Observer
Bentleton
Karl Fleming
Durham Morning Herald
Tomb Guard Job Enjoyed By Soldiers
Fifteen men at Fort Myer Virginia guard the unknown soldier's tomb at Arlington National Cemetery. They endure heat and cold while one man paces the tomb nightly, with cover in rain or sleet. The guard, led by Sgt Morelli, is chosen for neat appearance and soldierly bearing. The article recalls owl encounters, animal chatter, and the honor of the duty as a prime Washington spectacle.
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Washington
Fort Myer
The
Kelena National Cemetery
Potomac River
Casper J. Morelli
Olyphant
Morelli
Edward Barwick
Brooklyn
Pfe. R. Donato
Phila‘aetohia
Sai
Donato
Philadelphia
Pfc
Donald Robert Wagner
Red Gains Reported Across Korean Front As U N Forces Press On
Army dispatches describe heavy artillery and air attacks on Communist lines in the mountainous eastern front north of Pangnim and near Mount Taemi. U N forces, including the 25th division and First Cavalry, claim progress with light resistance and gains on several hills and peaks, while air forces report enemy casualties and naval units reposition along the east coast.
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Han River
Seoul
Korea
Pangnim
U. S
Taemi
Associated Press
Tom Stone
Enth
Amidong
U.N
Des Beeets
Advan
Jim Becker
Princess Ye Batallion
Canada
Kalgi
Hoengsong
Nate Polonetsky
Fifth Air Force
Cena
Far Eastern
Tokyo
Manchester
First Class of Air Force Information Officers To Be Graduated This Year
The UNC air force ROTC unit trains reserve officers as public information officers or air comptrollers. The first class, 24 seniors and 30 juniors, will graduate in June 1950. The program began in 1949 under Colonel Byron Switzer and Lt Col Jesse Moorhead, leveraging UNC journalism and radio strength for training in newswriting radio operations photography and public speaking.
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Air Force
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Air Force Rotc
United States
Air Force Public Information
Air Science
Byron R. Switzer
Jesse J. Moorhead
Afrotc
Switzer
Duke University
AF Rotc
United States Air Force
Armed Forces
Police Still Seek Killer In Abandoned House Death Probe
Police work on the Hopkins case stretches into a second fruitless day as Capt. Friddle and Dr. Harvey focus on when Mrs. Hopkins was last seen alive and the motive behind her murder. Investigators weigh sex motive jealousy potential and a possible vagrant attacker. Autopsy suggests death occurred at least a week earlier, guiding dates to rule out or confirm suspects.
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W. W. Harvey
W. G. Friddlie
Capt
Friddle
Parker Named Durham Bullets Manager for 1951
Clarence Ace Parker, voted Carolina League manager of the year in 1949, will pilot the Durham Bullets in 1951. Parker signed a one year contract as playing manager for Durham and will lead Charles Allen in the Durham rotation and lineup.
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Durham
Clarence
Caps Obtain Wake Forest Pitcher Harry Nicholas
The Raleigh Caps of the class B Carolina league announced they have obtained Harry Nicholas a recent Wake Forest college baseball star pitcher on an optional assignment. Nicholas was obtained from Ottawa.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Caps
Harry Nicholas
Wake Forest College
Nicholas
Ottawa
Performers Subpoenaed by House Un-American Activities
Four screen and radio personalities are subpoenaed by the House committee to testify on possible Communism in Hollywood. The panel did not specify if questioning would target personal activities or knowledge of others. Burrows appears in costume in related coverage.
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House un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Burrows
International
Johnson Denies Wilson Dictated Wage Board Policy
Eric Johnston economic stabilization director labeled as a lie the claim that Charles E. Wilson dictated wage stabilization board policy. Johnston issued a statement denying the allegation and defending the board's independence amid labor union concerns in Washington.
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Johnson
Wilson
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board Talks Resume Amid Labor Tensions
Johnston campaigns to revive the Wage Stabilization Board urging a bipartisan panel. He cites labor management unity in seeking a functioning tri partite body. Union leaders push for broader jurisdiction including defense production and non economic disputes.
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Wage Stabilization Board
Johnston
Sew
Eee
Oth Afl
CIO
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