Reavis Mother Surprised as Son Revealed FBI Agent
Odis Reavis 31, once a Pointer, testified as a surprise witness before a subcommittee of the House Un American Activities Committee in Charlotte revealing his work with the FBI. He named five locals as a Communist cell and said he joined the Party in Detroit in 1948 to investigate party activity. His mother and father said they suspected nothing and had to cope with years of insinuations while he lived with them at 1215 Redding Street.
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R. C. Reavis
Odis
FBI
Odis Reavis
Pointer
House Committee
Un-American Activities
Charette
High Point
Thomasville
Communist Party
Detroit
Redding St
Reavis
Ethel Reavis Carter
Soparnant
Bat
House Subcommittee
Fred
Evelyn Carter
Hubert Reavis
Langley
Counterspy Finds New Reaction
Winston-Salem report on Odis Reavis a Western Electric worker who lived as an undercover Communist for the FBI. After a congressional subcommittee revelation in Charlotte he faced mixed feelings at work and newfound pride from colleagues and family.
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Winston-Salem
Odis Reavis
FBI
Reavis
Western Electric Co
Congressional
Charlotte
Conway
Sherron
Ochis
Herb Philbrick
Ruth
South Park
Abeles Testifies Tax Evasion Case In High Point Firm
Murray J. Abeles told a Federal Court jury that money not on tax returns was spent on promoting the television table business of Universal Co. in High Point. He and partner Clarence Troutman face charges of concealing income in 1950 and 1951.
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Murray J. Abeles
High Point
Greensboro
Clarence A. Troutman
Sun
Abeles
Troutman
Edwin M. Stanley
New York
Chicago
Milton Harris
Hawaii
Abel
Universal Co
Stanley
Willie Helms Denies Communist Ties in High Point
Will Helms, a High Point house painter and former CIO United Furniture Workers organizer, disputes FBI counterspy Odis Reavis’s testimony listing him as a Communist cell member alongside Charles Coburn Harvey Cox and George Johnson. Reavis testified before a House Un-American Activities subcommittee in Charlotte about Carolinas Communist activity. Helms mentions union work and a 1950 exit from the union, while others named have reportedly left the area or not commented.
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Helms
Communist Party
Reavis
High Point
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Charlotte
Carolinas
FBI
Charles and
Minion Coburn
Harvey Cox
George Johnson
Highland Avenue
Junius Scales
Charles Benson Childs
CIO
United Furniture Workers of America
Thomasville Chair Co
Thomasville
Cox
Johnson
Jn Ge Ge
Harvey A. Cox Jr
Chair
Coburn
Furniture Union
Rain To Continue Through Friday In Frontie Weather Outlook
The High Point forecast calls for continued cloudiness and occasional rain through Friday with cooler temperatures. Today’s high was 45 degrees and tomorrow’s near 42 with last night’s low at 39 and tonight’s low expected to be 35 degrees.
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High Point
Friendee Weather Bureau
Tony
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Willie Helms
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Westinghouse
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Kester Bros. and Sons
C. M
Tot) Jones
Frank Byrum
W. M
Bill) Farlow
Ralph Gaddy
Russell Brendle
Otis Hampton
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