Democratic Nominations Lead to Republican Opponents Across Districts
In the Democratic primaries John J. Ingle of Winston-Salem seeks the state supreme court seat held by M. W. Barnhill. Associate Justice J. Wallace Winborne will face Herbert F. Seawell Jr. in the general election. Opponents emerge for several circuits as Republicans contest seats, with limited Democratic opposition in some districts and several incumbents unchallenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ingle
Winston-Salem
Supreme Court
M. W. Barnhill
Rocky Mount
J. Wallace Winborne
Marion
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr
Carthage
Avalon E. Hall
Yadkinville
Lee Wilson
Lexington
Folger Townsend
Lenoir
John M. Queen
Waynesville
Iranian Leaders Deny Soviet Threat to Tehran
Tehran officials and Firouz, the propaganda chief, rejected claims that Iran would fight to the last man if Soviet troops attack. War Minister Ahmedi denied statements attributed to him and said foreign reports of threats are false, while Russians reportedly move toward Karaj and near Mianeh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karaj
Tehran
Ahmed Sepehod Amir Ahmedi
War Department
Lake Urmia
Saujbulagh
Ghazi
Moham
Firouz
Ahmedi
Shah
Gen. Ahmedi
Iran
Russia
United Nations Security Council
London
Security Council
Two-Thirds Tar Heel Servicemen Discharged
Adjutant General J Van B Meéts announced that 247,695 of 365,000 North Carolinians who served in World War II had been discharged by March 1. Of those discharged, more than 175,000 served overseas. The report notes the scale of postwar demobilization and underlying wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
J. van B. Meéts
World Government Supporters Push Steps Toward Peace
A conference endorses a world government aim and a world judiciary modeled after the U S Supreme Court through the UNO framework. Delegates including Nobel laureates and corporate leaders urge gradual steps to remove fear of atomic weapons and spread proposals via media and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. K. Allison
University of Chicago
Charles G. Bolte
American Veterans Committee, Inc
New York
Brooks Emery
Council On World Affairs of
Cleveland
Robert N. Gaylor
National Asociation of Manufacturers
Ingersoll Milling Machine Co
T. Holliday
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Charles Tobey
R-Nh
Jerry Voorhis
Charles Lafollette
R- Nd
Henry D. Smyth
Princeton University
Smyth
Carl van Doren
Raymond Gram Swing
Americans United For World Government
Preston Slosson
University of Michigan
Cord Meyer, Jr
Cambridge
Mass
Alexander Meiklejohn
Amherst College
Hamilton Holt
Rollins College
George Holt
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
James H. Doolittle
Harold C. Urey
I. I. Rabi
Columbia University
James Carey
Congress of Industrial Organizations
E. A. Conway
S. J
Catholic Association For International Peace
Louis L. Mann
Chicago Sinai
Emery Reyes
UNO
Marshall details Chinese Manchuria crisis at State Department
General Marshall outlines a fluid Manchurian scene with Russian withdrawal from Mukden and Communist Nationalist merging. He notes American trained Chinese troops sailing to Manchuria to establish control, while small clashes persist and central government authority nears takeover. An American staff of 110 with Communist and Chungking officers operates and rapid response teams are prepared.
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Manchuria
United States
Marshall
Byrnes
State Department
China
Chungking
Mukden
Spanish For Good Neighbors Features Varied Latin American Spanish
AP News notes universities in the United States increasingly teach Latin American Spanish reflecting Pan American ties. It explains pronunciation shifts like ce before vowels and the variability across Latin American nations. It highlights that foreigners learning Spanish are welcomed and that local foods and dialects vary by country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Meyer
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Latin America
Spain
Juan Antonio Rios
Chile
Americas
Mexico
Peru
Argentina
South American
Brazil
Lafollette’s unclear GOP future and Senate prospects
Wisconsin senator Lafollette shows doubt about entering the Republican senatorial primary as GOP leaders oppose his return. If denied, friends doubt a run as an Independent. Once a Republican, he won in 1925 and 1928, later securing the Progressive and Independent labels in 1934 and 1940.
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Wisconsin
GOP
Lafollette
Senate
George Norris
Nebraska
Ernest Lundeen
Minnesota
Hendrick Shipstead
Mr. Roosevelt
Virginia Beach hotel proprietor William H. Sterling Jr. dies
Virginia Beach proprietor William H. Sterling Jr. 64 died at the Princess Anne hotel where he had been owner for 22 years. A Wilmington N C native, he served as assistant treasurer at a Norfolk savings bank, later becoming vice president of the Norfolk Savings Bank. Survived by wife Dorothy, son Scott of Virginia Beach, daughter Mrs. Glenn Holt of Burlington NC, and two sisters. Funeral Monday at 11 from H D Oliver chapel. interment Elmwood Cemetery.
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Norfolk, Va
William Henry Sterling, Jr
Princess Anne Hotel
Virginia Beach
Wilmington
N. C
Sterling
William Henry Sterling, Sr
Emma Goffigen Sterling
Norfolk Bank For Savings and Trusts
Thomas H. Willcox
Savings Bank of
TB Association Board Meeting Postponed
The annual meeting of the High Point tuberculosis association board is postponed from Monday March 18 to Monday night April 1. Reverend Wilson Weldon, president, said all board members will receive notices with the meeting place and exact hour. The advisory note about using young birds appears in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Tuberculosis Association Board
Wilson ©. Weldon
Labor Shortage Is Bottleneck In New Building
Charlotte March 16 Ed win L Jones president of the Carolinas branch Associated General Contractors of America said labor shortage is a bigger barrier to new construction than materials. He urged unions to lift restrictions on apprentice employment to meet current demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Edwin L. Jones
Carolinas
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc
Jones
J. A. Jones Construction Co
Waterborne atomic reactions unlikely to sustain chain explosions
Scientists say the high inert content of water and the much lower temperatures surrounding underwater detonations prevent a self sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Even at optimistic temperatures around 1,000,000 degrees in water, reactions would not propagate. Only a bomb with pure active material might raise temperatures enough to change the outcome.
Goering Defends Record in Nazi Cabinet Clash
In ongoing testimony Goering rejects claims of secret decrees and cabinet roles. He asserts Seyss-Inquart’s plans were foolish and counters prosecutors about Doenitz and Jodl. The session continues with further questioning possible Monday.
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Fuehrer
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austria
Germany
Seyss- Inquart
Goering
Holland
Seyss-Inquart
Netherlands
Alfred Jodl
Hitler
Jodl
Caucasus
Baldun von Schirach
Grand Adm
Karl Doenitz
English Channel
Byrnes Seeks Peace Path After War Ends
Secretary Byrnes spoke on postwar relations noting dangers of anti-climax after conflict and urging conciliation with Britain while avoiding rushed claims. He stressed patience and firmness, warned against overreaching, and argued for extending selective service to cover occupation needs and overseas defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Byrnes
Winston Churchill
Fulton
United States
Britain
Churchill
Germany
Japan
Tornadoes Hit Southeast Corridor Across Several States
A tornado outbreak east of Meridian injures Mrs. Edward Boswell and damages a negro Baptist church and small buildings over a wide area. The storm moved east into Georgia and the Carolinas with heavy rains and hail reported in Macon and Columbia. Wind gusts reached up to 52 mph in Columbia as temperatures and darkness affected parts of the region.
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Meridian
Edward Boswell
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Macon
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Albany
South Carolina
North Carolna
Columbia
Chiang Kai shek Receives Unanimous Vote of Confidence
In Chungking Chiang Kai shek's Kuomintang granted him a unanimous vote of confidence for delicate dealings with Russia over Manchuria and urged immediate negotiations for withdrawal of Soviet troops. A Peiping dispatch noted possible Red Army withdrawal from Harbin after Mukden.
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Chungking
Chiang Kaishek
Kuomintang
Russia
Manchuria
Central
Peiping
Red Army
Harbin
Mukden
Hoover considered for European relief survey voyage
Hoover may lead a hunger survey in Europe asking which nations need American food. The plan follows Russia offering aid to France and sparking debate in the Truman administration about Hoover’s role. The report notes previous calls for Hoover’s advice on Europe’s food shortage and outlines potential destinations and expected cereal needs.
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Russia
France
Hoover
Ashington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Truman
White House
Europe
Anderson
Kremlin
Council of People's Commissars
Soviet Russia
Herbert Hoover
Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
American Relief Administration
Italy
Greece
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Austria
Poland
Finland
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Great Britain
India
Rep
Jenkins
Ohio
House
Republican Food Study Committee
Schwellenbach
John D. Small
Agriculture Department
United States
Department
Soviet Izvestia critiques 1921 Iran oil treaty and concessions
Izvestia asserts the 1921 Soviet Iranian treaty barred oil and mine transfers to third states to protect Soviet security around Baku and the Caucasus. It notes 1922 and 1939 concessions to Western firms threatened Baku oil interests and sparked Soviet protests, with 1944 proposals to grant Iran a northern oil concession aimed at broader Soviet Iran ties.
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Iran
Ast
Russia
Baku
Soviet Turkmen
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Soviet Azerbaijan
Turkmen
Majilis
Standard Oil Company
United States
Coia
Royal Dutch Shell
U.S.S.R
Baqu
Jet Union
Britain
U. S
Quick Consomme Tastes Like Hours of Labor
Mix two thirds of a can of beef consomme with half a can of tomato juice. Season with celery seed and dill seed or add a bay leaf one or two cloves and a generous spoon of paprika.
George Grissett Dismissed From Police Force
George Grissett aged 50 a long time patrolman on the city police force was dismissed on grounds of misconduct according to public safety director Eli K Ingram. He joined the city service in 1935 as a jailer was promoted to patrolman in 1940 resigned in 1943 and rejoined the force later that year before his dismissal yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grissett
Public Safety
Eli K. Ingram
Grissett
Ingram
Duke Registers 3857 Students for Spring Term
Complete spring term figures show 3857 students enrolled at Duke University across all schools and colleges. Trinity College houses 1613 undergraduates, with 58 in the women’s college program. About 900 veterans use the GI Bill, with roughly 700 in Trinity College and the college of engineering.
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Durham
Duke University
Trinity College
Office of the Veterans’ Advisor
Duke
G. I
College of Engineering
Seventh Day Adventists Launch 1946 Ingathering Drive
High Point Seventh-day Adventist church begins its 1946 Ingathering campaign led by Elder R. M. Yow with a Feb opening. The drive targets the denomination's two million dollar worldwide goal and funds a global uplift program, plus reconstruction of war damaged church properties.
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High Point Seventh-day Adventist Church
R. M. Yow
High Point
America
Yow
Financial allocations listed for multiple North Carolina towns
The document details distributed funds across numerous towns including Burlington Laurinburg Shelby Edenton Gastonia Winston Salem Roxboro Henderson Greensboro Monroe Concord Siler City Sanford Troy Albemarle Roanoke Rapids Pinehurst Rutherfordton Salisbury and South Carolina towns Walterboro Georgetown Greenville Columbia Greenwood and more. Totals show varied amounts from 30 000 to 1 500 000 with several entries garbled or incomplete.
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Burlington
Laurin Burg
Shelby
Edenton
Gastonia
Winston-Salem
Roxboro
Henderson
Greensboro
Monroe
Concord
Siler City
Sanford
A Hoo
Troy
Albemarle
Roanoke Rapids
Pinehurst
Rutherfordton
Salisbury
South Carolina
Walterboro
Georgetown
Greenville
Columbia (Baptist Hospital
Greenwood
Respite Suggested for Squirrels by B C Game Official
Victoria British Columbia Game Commissioner James Cunningham urged a breathing spell for squirrels to curb hunting pressure as wartime pelts rise to 55 cents. He warned the species could be depleted unless protective laws are enacted and urged restraint among trappers and hunters. In other notes a recipe hints at serving cotta cheese with a dash of carrot for butter supply.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
James Cunningham
Cunningham
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TB Association
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Nickels
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Hockaday
International
Soviets
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