Jews Heir to Palestine Seek Refuge After War
Hal Boyle reports on European Jewry's flight from ruined towns toward Palestine. Survivors, many with tattooed numbers from Dachau and Buchenwald, endure hardship as they form leadership under UNRRA and displaced-person camps. They move by ship and barter, driven by a quiet resolve to reach Jerusalem.
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Hal Boyle Berli
Shangri-La
Palestine
Europe
United Nations
Dachau
Buchenwald
Germany
Poland
Romania
Austria
Italy
Allied Commission
UNRRA
Adriatic
Jerusalem
Murderer Eggers Confesses Then Stymies Head and Hands
Arthur R. Eggers, sheriff's clerk, admitted killing wife Dorothy after a violent quarrel. He said he severed her head and hands, dumped the body fifty miles away, and later claimed he hid the head and hands elsewhere. Judges questioned admissibility of his confession and the case stalled as authorities search for the missing parts.
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Los Angeles
INS
Mousy
Arthur R. Eggers
California
Swank Mountain
Eggers
Temple City
Sheriff's Office
Egger
William R. McKay
McKay
Cotton Industry Opens Meeting Facing Problems
The American cotton manufacturers association opens its 50th annual convention in Pinehurst with a note of industry problems and pessimism. Dr. W. P. Jacobs of Charlotte cites troubling prospects while Senator Bankhead of Alabama is guest of honor at the opening banquet. Speakers include O. Max Gardner, Claudius T. Murchison, W. L. Randolph and former association presidents.
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Pinehurst
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
W. P. Jacobs
Charlotte
Senator Bankhead
Ala
Bankhead
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
the Treasury
Claudius T. Murchison
New York
Cotton Textile Institute
W. L. Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Association
Sources of Fat in Food and Nutrition Insights
An article on fats in the diet notes fats provide energy and carry fat soluble vitamins. It cites Dr. Harry J. Deuel Jr and experiments showing various oils and margarine can match butter for growth in rats, while milk supplies calcium and riboflavin. fats are interchangeable, though essential for taste and calcium intake.
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Harry J. Deuel, Jr
University of Southern California
Deuel
State Highway Conversion Program Under Way in NC
North Carolina reports $16,732,711.67 in road contracts awarded since last July 1 as the state shifts from primary to secondary and county road work. A. H. Graham says 1,362 miles of roads have been let, with future lettings planned for May 23 and possible further federal-aid projects, as postwar material and labor challenges persist.
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Bloys Britt Raleigh
North Carolina
A. H. Graham
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Graham
V.tually
Timate
Commission
Inner Aid claims cure for digestion and bowel relief in广告
A sensational advertisement touts INNER AID a 12 herb bowel cleanser claiming to cure gas constipation and digestion. It cites a recovered patient and lists vast county and state funding totals as part of the regional road program context rather than the product itself.
Cab Replacement Problem Big One
The American Taxicab association met in Charlotte for a two day southern meeting to address cab replacement. Holler of Topeka, president, said the main issue would be replacing worn out cabs for about 150 southern fleet owners attending.
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Charlotte
American Taxicab Association
Holler
Topeka
Murder Charge Placed Against Youthful Sailor
St Matthews S C May 14 George Leroy Page 17 year old merchant marine was lodged in the Orangeburg jail on a murder charge in the death of Tillman James Powell 41 of Charleston. Page allegedly confessed and had hired Powell to drive to Columbia. Powell’s brother John Timothy Powell 27 was wounded in the same incident. The shooting occurred on a highway near St Matthews. Powell was treated at a Charleston hospital.
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ST. Matthews
S. C
George Leroy, Page
Orangeburg
Maine
Tillman
James Powell
Charleston
George D. Tilley
Calhoun County
Page
Columbia
John Timothy Powell
Tilley
Powell
Hunger striker near death in Belfast prison
David Fleming, a former leader of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, was reported near death in Belfast prison where he began a hunger strike 52 days ago. The 14 May report notes Fleming's critical condition amid ongoing protest.
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Belfast
David Fleming
Irish Republican Army
Carolina Petroleum to drill exploratory well near Beaufort
Roderick Stamey president says Carolina Petroleum Company will begin drilling this week on an exploratory oil well on Adams Creek, 18 miles north of Beaufort, North Carolina.
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Kinston
Carolina Petroleum Company
Adams Creek
Beaufort
Roderick Stamey
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Knoxville
Chattanooga
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Nashville
Memphis
High Point
Rg Carta
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Asheville
N. C
NBC
City Auditorium
Killer
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D
King Features Syndicate
Ine
By Jimmy Hardo
New York, NY
Raleigh
Sell Handy
Statement of Agriculture
Handy
Carolina
Ton Minor
Thornton & Minors
Thornton & Minor
Mann's Cot Rate Drag
Walgreen's
Wachovia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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