Mickey Rooney Sued by Wife Over Fraudulent Settlement
Betty Rooney files separate maintenance suit against actor Mickey Rooney claiming fraud in a property settlement. She alleges he misstated his annual earnings of 250000 to 300000 and that Mickey Rooney Inc was used to deprive her and Ava Gardner of their share. She seeks injunction on asset disposal while the case proceeds.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Betty Jane
Birmingham
Avan Gardner
Ava Gardner
Students Protest Lynch Verdict at Wofford Parade
About fifty Wofford students marched from the campus through Spartanburg's business district at midnight in protest after news that the 28 defendants in Willie Earle’s lynching were acquitted by a Greenville jury. The crowd carried a placard asking if justice had triumphed.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Woffor
Greenville
Wofford
Willie Earle
Speaking Battle Ends In a Tie
The 1947 Knights of Pythias sectional speaking contest in Columbus Georgia ends in a three way tie for first among state champions R Herbert Garrett of Woodruff South Carolina James Grant of Orlando Florida and George King of Clayton North Carolina all speaking on Juvenile Delinquency.
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Columbus
Knights of Pythias
North Carolina
South Carolina
College Expects Heavy Enrollment For Fall Term
High Point College anticipates about 800 students for the fall term with 500 upperclassmen seeking readmission and 300 freshmen expected to register. Rising sophomores joined the process after seniors and juniors filed applications earlier in the week. If enrollment nears 800, it would set a new peak for the college.
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U Ted
High Point College
Rsing
Employment Office Expands Personnel Services locally
Noah A. Davis and Ralph E. Miller announced new personnel services at the local employment office after a Winston-Salem conference on Industrial and Personnel Services to Employers. The program includes plant studies staffing plans worker upgrading and turnover reduction through proper selection induction and in-plant transfer.
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Noah A. Davis
Ralph E. Miller
Winston-Silem
Miller
Peanut King Obici Dies at 69 Founder of Planters Passes
Amedeo Obici known as the peanut king and founder of Planters Nut and Chocolate Co. died at 69 in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. He arrived in the United States at age 11 and later built Planters with Mario Peruzzi. Obici popularized blanching peanuts and promoted the skinless variety over the Spanish red-skinned type.
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Wilkes-Barre
Amedeo Obici
Planters Nut and Chocolate Co
Suffolk
Obici
United States
Planters Company
Mario Peruzzi
Penning Schedule for Early June at Diamond pen near Cape Lookout
Elbert M. Jennings announces first penning near Cape Lookout to brand newborn ponies and prepare some for sale. The event aligns with high water season logistics and ponies roaming the banks. The note also includes a North Carolina Guilford County Superior Court notice involving heirs of John A. Shelton and actions to settle estate debts.
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Elbert M. Jennings
Diamond Pen
Cape Lookout
Noel Shelton Meredith
A. G. Meredith
Rosa Lee Osborne
Charles A. Osborne, Jr
B. Shelton
Christine Shelton
Maude Shelton Jones
Sanford C. Jones
Ethel Shelton
Claude Shelton
Sarah Shelton
Martha Shelton Cameron
W. L. Cameron
John B Shelton
Bella Shelton
Aaid
John A. Shelton
Sanford C Jones
Esther Shelton
Guilford County
North Carolina
Superior Court
Greensboro
J. P. Shore
Tobacco Local Defends Integrity Amid Red-Scare Attacks
United Tobacco Workers Local 22 denounces communist accusations as false and vows to pursue a half million dollar libel suit against the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel and others. The union cites unity, democratic elections, wage gains at R. J. Reynolds, and efforts to improve race relations and community welfare amid broader anti Reynolds campaigns.
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Winston-Salem
United Tobacco Workers Local 22
Winston Salem Journal and Sentinel
Winston- Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Reynolds
Germany
Veterans Convention North Carolina Disabled Veterans Meet in Greensboro
The annual convention of the Department of North Carolina Disabled American Veterans will be held in Greensboro from June 19 to 21. Delegates and members plan meetings, installations, and remarks by state leaders at the event.
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Greensboro
Department of North Carolina
Federal FDA Battles Quick Cure Scams Nationwide
The FDA led by Charles W. Crawford warns of an epidemic of fraudulent cure devices and quack therapies. Reports cite a lamp claimed to cure diseases for 90 dollars, copper and zinc plates sold for fat cure, and various belts and devices, with inspectors in 16 cities and about 3,000 cases brought yearly, 95 percent success.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles W. Crawford
Compensation Hearing Set Under New Felony Law
Raleigh official announces the first hearing under the new felony compensation law will be June 2. Gus Langley, a former Randolph County house painter convicted in Buncombe in 1932 for murder during a robbery at a filling station, may seek restitution up to 500 dollars annually for up to ten years after his parole and pardon.
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Raleigh
Hathaway Cross
Gus Langley
Randolph County
Buncombe
Langley
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Wilmington
Sailor Drowns While at Work at Norfolk Navy Air Station
NORFOLK Va May 23 A navy enlisted man identified as Paul Scott seaman first class of Darlington South Carolina drowned off the Norfolk naval air station on Wednesday afternoon.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Paul Scott
Darlington, S. C
State Accepts Lesser Charge in Conspiracy Case
Asheville May 23 Solicitor W K McLean accepts a lesser plea of guilty to interfering with an officer in the case of W E Connor and Avid B Wright charged with conspiracy to murder and incite riot. Judge Gwynn continues judgement for three years on both defendants while of good behavior. Connor promoted a civic cleanup group and Wright plans to leave for Alaska.
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Asheville
W. K. McLean
W. E. Connor
Avid B. Wright
Allen A. Gwynn
Connor
Greenville
S. C
Wright
Alaska
Southern Bell to Expand Raleigh Plant With 700000 Project
District Manager E A Clement announced a $700000 building and equipment expansion for Raleigh. Contract for the expansion was awarded to William Muirhead Construction Company of Durham.
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Raleigh
E. A. Clement
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
William Muirhead
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