Thomasville Votes Official After Close City Election
The Thomasville City election results stood as official with no recount for about 2,000 ballots. Carl C. Wilson defeated Walter W. Rapp by 12 votes for mayor, and L. R. Jarrett beat John Carter for the fourth ward seat. Election officials validated the tally and the mayor and council are to be sworn in Monday.
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Thomasville
Walter W. Rapp
Carl C. Wilson
Ives
Rapp
Nnt
John Carter
Fourth Ward
L. R. Jarrett
Carter
Jarrett
Henry Holton
Elections Board
Holton
Carl Wilson
Roy Hughes
Dynamite Dam Blowup Threatens Thomasville Water Supply
Thomasville authorities report a dynamite blast blew an eight foot hole in the Abbotts Creek dam front. City officials, including Everett W. Schadt, say repairs are underway and water supply remains, barring heavy rain or further damage. Investigators seek the saboteurs and warn of severe penalties.
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Thomasville
City
Abbotts Creek
Everett W. Schadt
Schadt
T. E. Witty
American Reporter Expelled From Argentina
American radio correspondent George Natanson was ordered to leave Argentina with no reason given. The expulsion followed a government campaign against U S news agencies moving from papers to Congress. Congress weighs a probe of foreign news agencies as arrests rise in a crackdown reported by La Prensa.
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Buenos Aires
George Natanson
Argentina
U. S
Congress
Natanson
NBC
Angel Miel Asquia
la Prensa
Soldier in Whiting reports lost license in Korean mud
Ramon Cruz, a 2-year old soldier, was caught driving without a license by Whiting police. He was released after explaining his ex, "it lost it 28 days ago," in the mud in Korea.
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Whiting, Ind
Ramon Cruz
Whiting
Court Okay For County Building Annex Doubted
A Raleigh Supreme Court hearing debated a High Point Guilford County building annex ruling. Fred E. Wilson leads a tax payer suit claiming joint city county action and House Bill 497 lack authority and are void. Attorneys Knox Walker and W B Byerly Jr voiced doubts a decision will be released before May 20.
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State Supreme Court
Raleigh
Fred E. Wilson
Piedmont Color and Chemical Co
High Point
Guilford County
Knox Walker
W. B. Byerly, Jr
Byerly
General Assembly
Guilford Superior Court
Wilson
Supreme Court
Parenthood Group Defends Its Principles
Frederick Osborn of the American Eugenics Society urges Planned Parenthood to focus on unplanned and unwanted families rather than large families. Dr Roy Norton is honored for an integrated birth control program in North Carolina public health. The federation denounces religious obstruction and warns affiliates to watch for a pattern of pressure tactics by Catholics. A shorthorn cow in Fairview Montana births five calves, a rare quintuple event.
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New York
Frederick Osborn
American Eugenics Society
Planned Parenthood
Osborn
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood Movement
Federation
Fairview
Mont
Stocks Open Largely Slower With Fractional Losses
New York prices edged down in early trading with most declines in the fractional zone. Volume was 230000 shares in the first hour, vs 210000 yesterday, as a handful of oil issues moved. U S Steel down 0.5 to 39.1, Bethlehem Steel off 0.5 to 51, Texas Pacific and Superior Oil among movers.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Superior Oil of
California
Radio Engineers To Meet Friday Dinner Session
The Virginia North Carolina Section of the Institute of Radio Engineers will hold a dinner meeting at 6 30 p m Friday in the Sheraton Hotel Ballroom. About 75 members and guests from towns and colleges across the two states are expected to attend. The event is sponsored by WHPE WMFR and local Institute members with engineers from Winston Salem Greensboro and Burlington joining. Chairman is Prof Ralph E Wright Blacksburg Va vice chairman James Gardiner Burlington and secretary Prof B C Dickerson Norfolk Va. William R Hewlett of Palo Alto Calif will be principal speaker.
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Virginia-North Carolina
Institute of Radio Engineers
Sheraton Hotel
WHPE
WMFR
High Point
Institute
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Burlington
Ralph E. Wright
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
First Freed Tar Heel Prisoner Reaches N C
North Carolina welcomes its first returning Korean prisoner of war Cpl. William W. Smith arriving in Fayetteville. He greets his family and Gov. Umstead as Army officials note gratitude from the state. Hartman and Pinkston also head home after Freedom in subsequent arrivals.
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Fayetteville
N. C
North Carolina
Cpl
William W. Smith
Henry Boyd Smith
Rockiingham
J. W. Smith
Rockingham
Smith
William B. Umstead
American Legion Department
Ray Galloway
Raleigh
Munist
Belcoming Smith
Ivan J. Cooper
Korea
Wake Forest College
Ft Bragg
John R. Hartman
Granite Quarry
Greensboro
James Pinkston
Jacksonville
Ft. Bragg
Compromise Reached In Civil Suit
A civil action disposed by Municipal Court Judge Archie Myatt awards 850.00 to settle damages and medical bills from an auto accident in Mamie Hendrix v Ellington et al. The case notes a divorce suit for adultery by Mrs. Tedder against Maurice Tedder and a grocery debt suit by Hubert C. Newton against Cora McKinney Allred. Additional divorce petitions include Lula Corn versus Howard D. Corn Eliza Russom versus Frank Russom Jennie Mae McIntyre versus William McIntyre Iris Lee Snyder versus Richard E. Snyder.
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Archie Myatt
Mamie Hendrix
Charles B. Ellington
W. W. Ellington
Ellington Florist
Tedder
Maurice Tedder
Hubert C. Newton
J Carolina Cash Grocery
Cora McKinney Allred
Lula Corn
Howard D. Corn
Eliza S. Russom
Frank Russom
Jennie Mae McIntyre
William McIntyre
Iris Lee Snyder
Richard E. Snyder
Communist proposal on Korean prisoners seeks four month talks
The Communists offer a four month period to address prisoner repatriation with a neutral commission to explain options and arrange custody and travel. If prisoners refuse return, disposition shifts to a proposed post armistice political conference. Expenses covered by the prisoners' nations.
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Korea
Divorce Granted After Wife Kicks Husband Out
In Providence R I Madge Eugene L Jalbert granted a divorce to a man forced from his home by his wife four years earlier on the grounds of willful desertion. The ruling centers on who is the deserter in the strained domestic case.
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Providence
R. IL
Eugene L. Jalbert
U S Ramps Arms Aid to Red Threatened Thailand
Washington reports say the United States speeds arms and ammunition to Thailand as Congress demands bold action against Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. Senators press Dulles for a clear policy on Laos, Thailand, and potential U.N. responses, while officials warn of broader regional danger.
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United States
Thailand
Congress
Southeast Asia
John Foster Dulles
Laos
Indo-China
Burma
Malay Peninsula
U. S
Pete Sarasin
Dulles
Far East
William F. Knowland
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Iles
Captol Hill
James E. van Zandt
Rpa
China
John M. Vorys
R-O
Foreign Affairs Committee
U.N
House
Chester Merrow
R-N.h
United Nations
Eisenhower Plans Two New York Republican Banquet Talks
President Eisenhower travels to New York City for the New York State Republican Committee banquet, addressing two overflow dinners at the Astor and Waldorf Astoria. He will use notes, with NBC to broadcast the Waldorf speech and networks recording the Astor talk. Funds go to state and national committees. He may review his first 100 days.
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Eisenhower
New York City
New York State Republican Committee
Astor
Waldorf Astoria
the Waldorf
NBC
ABC
CBS
Republican Women’s A
GOP
White House
New York
New York State Committee
Delegates Meet to Map Pulp and Paper Contract Goals
Delegates of more than 40 000 Southern AFL pulp and paper workers in 11 states gather in MOBILE Alabama to map new contract goals. The Southern Association of Pulp and Paper Industry Unions plans contract study and support for striking Elizabeth Louisiana workers amid a two mill dispute. States represented include Alabama Georgia South Carolina Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi Florida Tennessee West Virginia North Carolina and Virginia.
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Ala
AFL Pulp and Paper
Southern Association of Pulp and Paper Industry Unions
AFL
International Brotherhood of Paper Makers
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
S. A. Phillips
Jonesboro
Elizabeth
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Florida
Tennessee
West Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia
Conoe
Saturay
Five year old swimmer Kathy Tongay dies autopsy planned
Miami AP reports five year old Kathy Tongay who swam five miles in the Mississippi at 23 months died after convulsions. Police will release autopsy findings. Her family, praising her as genius material, faced scrutiny over training methods linked to two prior Tongay child deaths.
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Miami
Fla
Kathy Tongay
Kathy
Russell Tongay
Russell Tongay Jr
Tongay
Russell
Mississippi
St. Louis
United States
Stassen Accused of Suppressing Foreign Aid Report
Republican lawmakers in Washington charge Mutual Security Director Harold E. Stassen hid a report from 55 business leaders who surveyed U. S. foreign aid. They say the findings urged sharp cuts and abolishing the agency, while Stassen and Secretary Dulles oppose shifting aid to the State Department. The 5.8 billion dollar program, proposed to Congress, matches the business leaders’ recommendations but Stassen faces claims of withholding the full survey.
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Washington
Mutual Security
Harold E. Stassen
U. S
Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
Jassen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Conss
Truman
Senate
House Foreign Relations
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
R-O
Vorys
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Charles B. Brownse
R-Ind
House Governmet Operations
Baruch Urges Common Good as Core of Free Society
Bernard M. Baruch told a College of the City of New York anniversary audience that a free society will survive only if citizens curb individual desires and accept discipline for the common good. He warned that poor education in thinking skills fuels subversive influences and argued for tempered freedoms to mobilize national power and prevent war.
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New York
Bernard M. Baruch
The
College of the City of New York
Baruch
Five Nominees Seek Position on Expanded Executive Committee
Proposal to increase the Executive Committee from 31 to 45 members was approved. The Radio Commission may continue private donations, a practice some Southern Baptists oppose for cooperative solicitation. Last year the Commission raised 135,360.09 dollars from private gifts of 247,407.01. New bylaws set one member per state with 250,000 Baptists and one per each additional 250,000, with a maximum of five per state.
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Radio Commission
High Point Student Wins $500 Wardrobe on TV Quiz Show
High Point law student John Hutchins, visiting New York City, won a $500 wardrobe for his wife on CBS TVs The Big Payoff. Hutchins, a UNC law student from Greenwood Drive, answered enough questions to claim dresses hats shoes jewelry and perfume for wife Jane.
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New York City
High Point
John Hutchins
Greenwood Drive
University of North Carolina
Cbs-Tv
Randy Merriman
Bess Myerson
Hutchins
Jane
Spruce Pine High Students Picnic in Thomasville Park
About 163 Spruce Pine School students touring to Chapel Hill and Raleigh stopped in Thomasville for a park picnic. Principal G. T. Barnes expressed interest in showing the local park to the group during the midday break.
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Thomasville
Spruce Pine
Chapel Hill
Raleigh
G. T. Barnes
Fire at Plant Thomasville dust collector
Firemen responded to Plant L of the Thomasville Chair Company on East Guilford Street at 1 55 p m to extinguish a fire in the dust collector. They reported wood shavings and dust burning with smoke rising from the dust collection pit and no apparent danger.
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Thomasville— City
Thomasville Chair Company
East Guilford Street
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