Six Prisoners Die in Spray Jail Fire
Six prisoners six men and a woman died when a mattress fire swept the Spray jail at 2 40 am. The inmates all faced public drunkenness charges. Names included Lucille Wimbush Marion Morrison Junior Yarbor ough Harvey Cole Joe Willis and Bonnie Martin. An investigation began as authorities search for how the blaze started and whether arson was involved.
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Spray
N. C
P. L. McBride
City Hall
Lucille Wimbush
Junior Yarborough
Marion Morrison
Harvey Cole
Joe W. Willis
Bonie Martin
North Carolina
McBride
Seven-Point Program Puts Reds on Spot
Secretary Acheson outlined seven conditions for a live-and-let-live world and argued for western strength to win the cold war. He warned Russia would retreat from political positions, though he doubted Moscow’s willingness, and suggested no big meeting would solve core US USSR issues.
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Washington
State Department
Acheson
Russia
California
United States
Rusa
Hood's Memo Surprises Many Bankers
Raleigh March 17. Gurney P Hood commissioner of banks urges every North Carolina bank to buy part of 75 million dollars of secondary road bonds to be sold March 22. He suggests banks purchase at least one thousand dollar bond if small banks cannot buy large sums. The move draws criticism from bankers and questions about market impact.
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Raleigh
Mar
Gurney P. Hood
North Carolina
New York
Minerva Cat Survives Kiln Test Shocks Brickyard
Minerva the fire scarred calico cat lived after 36 hours in a brick kiln where temperatures hit 900 degrees. Testers said a synthetic cat made of steak and sealskin also showed some charring but remained largely intact as the kiln was opened after 36 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
Joe Bucola
Bucola
Housing Demand Higher Despite Building Boom
Washington report shows February housing starts at 80,000 a month during a buoyant winter period. Commissioner Ewan Clague notes that 1949 total housing begins surpass 1,000,000, driven by high income and birth rates, with demand likely to require continued 1,000,000 plus starts for years to reduce backlog.
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Washington
Mar
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Clague
Slague
Hous
Impulse Killer Guilty Of Murder In Pennsylvania
Franklin and Marshall College student Edward Lester Gibbs 25 from Pitman New Jersey was found guilty of first degree murder with the death penalty mandatory for the slaying of Marian Louise Baker. Jurors deliberated four hours and 45 minutes before the verdict at Lancaster. Gibbs's attorney promised an appeal to the state supreme court if needed.
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Lancaster
Franklin and Marshall College
Marian Louise Baker
Edward Lester Gibbs
Pitman
N. J
Gibbs
W. Hensel Brown
Brown
State Supreme Court
F&m
Petters
Here
Irish Celebrate St Patrick Day in Irish Republic
Dublin observes the first St Patrick Day since full independence with sunny skies. Crowds flood streets as President Sean O Kelly and Mrs O Kelly attend a mass at the Pro Cathedral with a military escort. Shoppers sell shamrocks on O Connell Street while businesses close for the holiday.
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Dublin
Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Sean O'Kelly
PRO Cathedral
O'Connell Street
Anderson Warns Caution on Price Support for Crops
Senator Anderson urged great caution before acting on a house-passed price support compromise for three major crops. He criticized a section permitting 1.2 million extra cotton acres and a plan to plant 50 000 more cotton acres on damaged land, arguing it could fund pest control with farm subsidies and noting the potential $75 million value amid over $1 billion in government holdings.
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Washington
Anderson
Senate Today
Senate
Reynolds enters race for Graham Senate seat
Former North Carolina senator Robert Rice Reynolds files with the State Board of Elections for the Democratic nomination to the Graham seat. He will tour eastern towns, while four others seek the nomination, with filing due by noon tomorrow. Reynolds served 1931 to 1945 and plans handshaking and vote seeking.
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Raleigh
Robert Rice Reynolds
State Board of Elections
Senate
Frank Graham
Reynolds
Elizabeth City
Wilmington
Dunaway
U. S. Senate
West
Clyde R. Hoey
Asheville
J. M. Baley
Republican State Executive Committee
Halsey B. Leavitt
GOP
Boy Killed While Doing Work Of His Sick Father
In Mont Belvieu Texas a 16 year old boy and high school student John Wiley was killed while working to switch a tank pump for his ill father W D Wiley. Explosions and fires lit nine 15000 gallon oil tanks burning for two hours before firemen controlled the scene. The inquest by Justice Fred Chitty suggested the exact cause may never be known.
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Mont Belvieu
Tex
Sunray
Texas
John Wiley
W. D. Wiley
John
Justice of the Peace
Fred Chitty
New Element Californium Discovered By Atom Smashers
Berkeley researchers under the AEC report a new element, number 98, produced by bombarding curium with alpha particles. Named Californium, it is the heaviest atom yet seen, highly unstable, existing only briefly, and adds insight into creation theories.
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Atom Smashers
Berkeley
Calif
Earth
University of California
Atomic Energy Commission
Stanley G. Thompson
Kenneth Street, Jr
Albert Ghiorso
Glenn T. Seaborg
Ecurium
Butt
California
Atomic Energy
Dr. Sea
Leopold III awaiting parliamentary decision on throne
The Belgian crisis deepens as King Leopold III defers to parliament on his return, with Prime Minister Eyskens hinting at possible government resignation. His party backs the King, while the national rift widens amid a postwar slump and looming strikes. Nehru notes quiet in Bengal amid mass Hindu Muslim migrations. Irish celebrations mark St Patrick's Day as Costello urges Irish unity including Northern Ireland.
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Associated Press
Leopold III
Gaston Eyskens
Leopold
Switzerland
Social Christian Party
Belgium
New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bengal
Nehru
East
West Bengal
Pakistan
East Bengal
Dublin
Republic
John Costello
Union of Ireland
Britain
Ireland
Three Children Drown In Flooded Field Near Belzoni
In Belzoni Mississippi, three children died after two skiffs overturned in floodwaters. A skiff with Hazel Abel 13 and Abel Fuller 10 sank. another with Howard 11 and J C Gilmer 12 rescued four others before overturning, with Howard Gilmer drowning. Onlookers saved the remaining children.
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Belzoni
Miss
Hazel Abel
Abel Fuller
Howard Gilmer
J. C. Gilmer
House Republicans Seek Additional 3 Billion Dollar Budget Cut
Washington reports that House Republicans target a new 3 billion cut to the omnibus 1951 appropriations bill, trimming the total to about 26.0 billion before full committee action. The move excludes foreign aid and certain permanent funds, aiming toward a near balance with a possible 1 billion deficit after further reductions.
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Washington
P ‘House
Truman
Central
Appropriations Group
Congress
Taber
R.-N.y
Treasury Department
Bank Resources In North Carolina Decline
North Carolina bank resources fell by 30.65 million in 1949. Total resources on December 31, 1949 stood at 1.928 billion, down from 1.959 billion in 1948. Despite asset drop, banks were more active with loans rising over five million as cash and government securities declined.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
The
Banking Commission
U. S
Navy prioritizes submarine defense amid budget cuts
The Navy frames submarine defense as a top priority while admitting readiness lags. Adm. Forrest Sherman outlined a 1951 research push of over 190 million dollars to develop snorkel capable submarines and tracking gear, even as patrol planes and destroyers face reductions.
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Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Russia
Navy
Sherman
House Appropriations Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
Truman
It's O'Possum Today for the Irish
Representative Rolla C. McMillen was followed home last night by a man claiming a possum outside his door. Police arrived and took the vagrant away, suspected to have wandered from the woods at Dumarton Oaks.
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Washington
Rolla C. McMillen
St. Patrick's Eye
Illinois
Dumbarton Oaks
Campaign Slogans and Umstead Return Highlight State Politics
Politics column notes Willis Smith and Graham campaign slogans as parodies of famous lines. Fate Beal challenges Doughton in the ninth district race with a wilderness to Canaan theme. William Umstead appears publicly for first time since December at the N C Citizens Association dinner, signaling a comeback.
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Lynn Nisbet
Willis Smith
Mr. Smith
Washington
Graham
Paramount
Fate Beal
Lenoir
Congress
Bob Doughton
Beal
Canaan
Rome
James G. Blaine
William McKinley
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Umstead
William B. Umstead
N. C. Citizens Association
Ellis Gimbel Dies at 84 Noted Department Store Pioneer
Ellis A. Gimbel Sr., founder of the Gimbel Brothers department store chain and a Philadelphia philanthropist, died at 84 after a four day illness. He leaves son Ellis Jr., daughter Fridolyn Graham, and daughter-in-law Mrs. Richard Gimbel. A pioneer in retail, he helped expand stores to New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Beverly Hills and Miami and chaired the firm since 1936.
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Philadelphia
Ellis A. Gimbel
Ellis A., Jr
Fridolyn Graham
Richard Gimbel
Gimbel
Ellis Gimbel
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Detroit
Beverly Hills
Calif
Miami
Fla
Gimbel Brothers, Inc
Stock Prices In A Narrow Range Today
In New York March 17 UP reports fractional gains outnumbering small losses with many issues unchanged. Gainers include Bethlehem Steel General Motors International Harvester Douglas Aircraft Zenith Radio Armour Commonwealth Edison Kennecott Cooper Du Pont Union Carbide American Can Philip Morris Santa Fe Southern Railway Loew s. Decliners include Republic Steel Chrysler U S Rubber J I Case International Telephone Air Reduction Dow Chemical Westinghouse Electric American Woolen Y Central and Chesapeake & Ohio.
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New York
Bethlehen, Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
International Harvester
Douglas Aircraft
Zenit Radio
Armour
Commonwealth Edison
Ennecott Cooper
du Pont
Union Carbide
American Can
Philip Morris
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Loew’s. Lower
Republic Steel
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
J. I. Case
International Telephone
Air Reduction
Dow Chemical
American Woolen
Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
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Bob Reynolds
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Little Smoky Mountain Railroad
Sevierville
Tenn
Bruce Street
House
Republicans
Veterans Administration
Agriculture Department
Labor Department and
Federal Security Agency
Army Engineers
National Defense
Army
Fleet Air Arm
Capitol Square
Merchant
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