Three Given Six Months For Route 4 Burglary
Three defendants convicted in Davidson County weeks earlier for breaking and entering and larceny were sentenced to six months each today in Guilford Court on similar counts. Jack Gleason claimed no knowledge of the Route 4 burglary while Howard Lee Holder and Joseph L. Harris Jr. pleaded guilty.
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Davidson County
Guilford Court
Jack Gleason
Pomona
Howard Lee Holder
Joseph L. Harris, Jr
Asheboro
Bryce Qeectain
Gleason
E. E. Rives
Greensboro
Harris
D. S. Lee
Holder
Davidson Sheriff's Deputies
Lee
Thomasville
Charles T. Hagan, Jr
Ashe
Jackson
Taft Speech Splits U S Leaders On Korea Policy
Taft proposes a drastic cure for Korea peace talks, urging withdrawal from further negotiations and a free hand for the United States. Lester Pearson warns the plan would blow apart United Nations unity. Senate reactions split, with some fearing truce talks and Bermuda meetings may be jeopardized.
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Vancouver
B. C
Lester Pearson
Taft
U. S
England
Korea
U. S.S
United Nations
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Sparkman
Dala
Bermuda
Churchill
Sparkman
Russia
Fisenhower
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
James E. Doyle
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Sen. Taft
H. Alexander Smith
Reds Rearrange Command in East Germany
Moscow moved its army commander in East Germany from all duties except command of Soviet troops and appointed a Russian supreme commissar to oversee government affairs in the Soviet occupied zone. The Soviet Control Commission in Germany was said to be abolished, signaling a shift toward independent sovereignty for East Germany with Soviet oversight. Some observers see it as a mirror of Allied practices but others see deeper Kremlin aims.
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A-Moscow
East Germany
Moscow Radio
Germany
West Germany
Control Commission
U. S
Britain
France
Kremlin
Truck Driver Convicted Of Incident On Federal Property
Bryson City driver William G. Crawford, 28, was convicted of incident with intent and sentenced to seven years in a federal prison by Judge Wilson Warlick in U S District Court. Co-defendants Willie Sherrill, Herman Lackey, John Birchfield face related charges and varying sentences. cases stem from alleged vice ring on Great Smoky Mountains National Park property.
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Bryson City
N. C
William G. Crawford
Wilson Warlick
U. S. District Court
Crawiford
Willie Sherrill
Ela
Raleigh
Swain County Superior Court
Herman Lackey
John Birchfield
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Huskins Reappointed Six More Years As ICC Chair
Governor Umstead praised J Frank Huskins of Burnsville as he was sworn in for a six year term as chairman of the State Industrial Commission. The reappointment runs to May 1 1959 and followed his May 1949 appointment to fill Pat Kimneys term. Associate Justice Jeff Johnson administered the oath amid state officials and friends.
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Raleigh
Umstead
J. Frank Huskins
Burnsville
State Industrial Commission
Huskins
Scott
Pat Kimney
Haskins
Jeff Johnson
State Supreme Court
Woman Puts The Finger On Husband In Shootings
Tryon North Carolina police say Stella Rhodes named her husband Jesse Rhodes as the assailant who fired on her and Edward Ball in Ball’s car at 2:30 am. Ball later died in the Tryon Theater foyer. Stella Rhodes reported a wild chase across the state line. Rhodes is held on first degree murder charges with a preliminary hearing set next week.
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Tryon
N. C
J. M. Melton
Jesse L. Rhodes
Edward Ball
Ball
Tryon Theater
Melton
Stella S. Rhodes
Highway Patrol
James B. Kuykendall
South Carolina
Forest City
Clarence O. Riding
Rhodes
Polk County
Motorcycle Tour Lets Two Young Adventurers Roam South
Waynesburg resident Richard Wright 23 and Baltimore native William Clark 22 completed a 56 day motorcycle trek through eight countries from the Canal Zone to the United States. They rode about 6000 miles through Panama Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador Guatemala Mexico and the U S with brief capital-city stops and averaged 60 to 70 miles per gallon. The piece also notes Ford stockholders John and Horace Dodge selling their stake to Henry Ford in 1919 for 25 million dollars.
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Canal Zone i
Richard Wright
William Clark
Baltimore
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
el Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
United States
Stocks Slip Further on New York Exchange
Prices on the New York stock exchange declined further after yesterday's sharp drop with moderate trading. Rail issues led losses while overall activity was steady, with 230000 shares changing hands in the first hour.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Republic Steel
Bethlehem Steel
U.S. Steel
Panty Raid Probe Planned at State College
E L Cloyd dean of students at State College announced a probe into a panty raid at Meredith College. No bond was set and Cloyd refused further comment until investigations conclude. Police met raiders at the dorm gate while Miss Louise Fleming noted the incident began near 10 p.m. with groups of boys near the dorms but no entry occurred. Final exams at Meredith begin Saturday at neighboring State College amid pre exam tension.
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E. L. Cloyd
State College
Cloyd
Louise Fleming
Meredith
Meredith College
President backs defense budget and trade views in address
The President argues the proposed defense budget is the best answer for the country now and rejects isolationism. He opposes admitting Red China to the United Nations and favors limited East West trade, asserting it benefits both sides while avoiding blanket restrictions. He says sustained trade prevents losing global friendships.
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Mand
Congress
United Nations
Chamber Launches Membership Drive for Chamber Day
High Point Chamber of Commerce letters urge members to help recruit new members on Chamber of Commerce Day to be held Wednesday June 17. Frank J. Sizemore says 100 volunteers led by Arthur Corpening and W. F. Mauldin will visit prospects all in one day to support budgeting and 16 standing committees.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Sizemore
Arthur Corpening
W. F. Mauldin
Sizemore
Textile unions clash over Southern organizing drive
In Charlotte the CIO Textile Workers Union accuses the AFL United Textile Workers of bankrolling itself through Southern raids while UTWA denies curtailing South actions. The dispute follows firings of eight organizers and a pending UTW financial report for the year ending March 31.
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Charlotte
AFL
Washington
UTWA
South
TWUA
UTW
CIO Union
James W. Bamford
Southern Twua
National Executive Council
New York
North Carolina
R. H. Harris
Durham
Noah Spangler
Spray
Fred Bomar
Jack Crumley
Greenville
Cinn
Bean
Spangler
National Union
Conn
CIO
Lexington
Topcoat Weather Across Eastern U.S. Amid Warm Gulf Air
A cool Canadian air mass brings topcoat weather to the eastern half from the Great Lakes to North Carolina while warm Gulf air pushes into Eastern Texas and Oklahoma. Record highs include 103 in Presidio Texas 99 in Macon Georgia and 98 in Jackson Mississippi. Wet spots appear with showers in New England Great Plains Western Nevada and Central California, with thunderstorms in the Northern and Southern Rockies.
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Tennessee
North Carolina
New England
Gulf
Texas
Oklahoma
Southeast
Macon
Jackson
Miss
Presidio
Tex
Great Plains States
Nevada
California
Rockies
Two Negroes Face Death in Separate Raleigh Cases
Speller, convicted of raping a Windsor woman, was on death row from November 13, 1947. His appeals to the State Supreme Court and U S Supreme Court failed after two new trials. Brown was arrested in Winston-Salem after a June 15, 1950 attack on a 15-year-old girl in her father's radio shop. she lingered but recovered, with Brown's case also twice to the U S Supreme Court.
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Speller
Windsor
State Supreme Court
Bertie Superior Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Brown
Winston- Salem
Husband spills paint on girdle in Fort Wayne mishap
Everett Yeager spilled paint on his wife’s girdle while painting a bathroom. He told her to wash it with paint remover. She did, and the girdle disintegrated.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Everett Yeager
Catholic Merger Shuts Press From Church in Newton Grove
Holy Redeemer in Newton Grove will be closed to press and nonmembers Sunday as Bishop Waters merges St. Benedict’s Negro church with the Holy Redeemer. Some members fear trouble and plan to attend other churches. the bishop’s letter defends the order.
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Newton Grove
N. C
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
St. Benedict’s
The
Holy Redeemer
Vincent S. Waters
Raleigh
Bishop Waters
North Carolina
Timothy Sullivan
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