Four Injured In Greensboro Car Crash Near City
Four people from Charlotte were hospitalized after a two car collision on U S 70 east of Greensboro around 12 45 p m. Harriey Smith 49 his son Jack 18 Walter Emerick 44 and Tony Hartman 38 suffered injuries including possible internal damage and a broken right arm. The Smith car a 1946 sedan struck a car driven by a Black woman whose vehicle skidded into its path. Rain fell at the time authorities said.
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Greensboro
Charlotte
U. S
Harriey Smith
Walnut Avenue
Jack Smith
Walter Emerick
A. Cc
Tony) Hartman
Grandin Road
Durham
Young Smith
Emerick
Smith
Democrats Hold Edge as Election Campaign Heats Up
The article notes Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Henry Wallace in Detroit discussing Democratic aims to avoid war, curb prices, and win Congress. It cites a 49,669,656 eligible voter pool and an expected turnout near 35 million. Senate stakes: Republicans need 10 seats. 39 current GOP, 56 Democrats, 1 Progressive. House: Republicans 192 seats, need 218 for majority. Democrats 235, with six vacancies.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Commercce
Henry Wallace
Detroit
New York
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Congress
Senate
House
Government housing plan reliance amid recovery clash
Steidle and Wyatt clash over costs and effectiveness of housing expansion and emergency powers. They warn that fabricators operate at 20 percent capacity without federal aid, while other industries like shipping and aviation receive support. Wyatt says Congress intended government risk to drive housing. He keeps Steelman informed and plans more RFC talks.
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Steidle
Wyatt
Congress
White House
John R. Steelman
RFC
Centenarian Mrs. Coulter Votes By Absentee Ballot
Mrs. Sarah Coulter of Startown, age 100, plans to vote in the November 5 election. bedridden she sent in an absentee ballot, confirmed by D. Lee Setzer, chairman of the Catawba county board of elections.
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Newton
Sarah Coulter
Startown
D. Lee Setzer
Catawba County
Bevin Warns of Nationalism at Paris Talks
Bevin voices cautious view on peace efforts noting a rise of nationalism in the East. He urges older nations to guide new states toward cooperation and says concurrent UN assembly and foreign ministers meetings present a handicap. Byrnes is set to arrive tomorrow afternoon.
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Ters
Paris
Russia
Bevin
United Nations Assembly
Couve de Murville
New York
Byrnes
Nurses to Gather in Durham for State Convention
Nurses from across North Carolina travel to Durham for the state nurses association convention starting Monday. The four day program features several noted speakers addressing delegates.
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Durham
North Carolina State Nurses Association
Electric watch driven by any storage battery devised
A Swiss watchmaker Georges Pellns on developed an electric watch powered by any storage battery. The invention emerged in Switzerland and France where thousands of synthetic studies and sapphires were produced annually before the war.
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Switzerland
France
Georges Pellns
Middle Belt tobacco prices fall as demand weakens
Eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco prices declined with most air grades down 50 cents to 5 per hundred pounds. Middle belt prices slumped for practical grades with limited gains only in some primings and green leaf. Deliveries fell, sales volume dropped, and gross weekly sales were 36.46 million pounds at $51.61 per hundred, down $5.14 from the prior week. Old belt sales totaled 17.14 million pounds at $48.84, down $2.21.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Middle Belt
Ballot measures and races shape campaign for NC election
State board taps J R Morgan to probe Nanney charge on Yancey county absentee ballots. Voters will elect 12 congressmen, two constitutional amendments, two supreme court justices, 11 superior court judges, 21 solicitors, 120 House members, 50 Senators, and numerous local officials. Incumbents face opposition in several districts. Barnhill unopposed for supreme court, Winborne challenged, and notable races include Bonner Ratcliff Fogler Cooley and Doughton raceups.
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Board of Elections
J. R. Morgan
Waynesville
C. Y. Nanney, Jr
Congress
Yancey County
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
State House of Representatives
State Senate
General Assembly
M. W. Barnhill
J. Wallace Winborrne
Herbert F. Seavelin Jr
Carthage
J. Abner Barker
Roseboro
John B. Williams, Jr
Clinton
Avalon E. Hall
Yadkinville
India Burma graves: identified and unidentified counts
The report notes Push operations delayed by monsoon across Sumatra Java and Indo China with hostilities. In Siam and Malaya search gains near complete. Celebes and Borneo active. Of 4 743 American graves located in India Burma zone 3 226 in Barrackpore and Kalaikunda cemeteries near Calcutta identified 252 identified 1 517 remain in isolated areas seven identified.
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Sumatra
Java
Indo-China
Lesser Sunda Islands
Siam
Malaya
Celebes
Borneo
India-Burma
Barrackpore
Calcutta
Kalaikunda
Lawmakers urged to nationalize coal industry
A citizens lobby asked leaders of both parties to press President Truman to reconvene Congress to nationalize the coal industry. Secretary Benjamin C. Marsh called the industry "sick and wasteful" for decades.
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Lewis
People's Lobby
Truman
Congress
Benjamin C. Marsh
Five Greensboro Youths Arrested At Senior High
Five Greensboro youths aged 16 to 18 were arrested at Senior High School for painting red graffiti on steps and entrances. Caretaker J D Snipes detained them, later releasing them on bond to parents. Superintendent Carroll said such acts harm property and will be heard in municipal court Monday. suspects include Raymond Anderson Leonidas Herbin Jr Jack Lewis Bill DeSanto and Sonny Grant.
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Greensboro
J. D. Snipes
Charles F. Carroll
Raymond H. Anderson
Leonidas Herbin, Jr
Jack Lewis
Bill DeSanto
Sonny Grant
Carroll
Defense Tears Into Evidence Against Bride
In Las Vegas the defense in the Mrs. Bridget Waters murder trial attacked state testimony as manufactured and fantastic. Defense attorney Marion Bar labeled detectives Oatman and McClure as publicity seekers, and argued the single tiny pistol shown by the prosecution indicates an accident rather than deliberate murder.
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Las Vegas
Bridget Waters
Waters
Marion Bar
Harry Oatman
H. G. McClure
Mankin Obtains Court Order Over Election Ballot
Rep Helen Mankin wins a temporary injunction against Fulton County Clerk Eugene Gunby over ballot instructions she says could deny write in votes. Judge Hugh Dorsey set show cause for 10 a.m. Monday before the election. Mankin seeks to succeed herself in the Fifth Georgia district.
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Atlanta
Helen Douglas Mankin
D-Ga
Fulton County
Eugene Gunby
Superior Court
Hugh M. Dorsey
Dorsey
Gunby
Dekalb
Rockdale
Manslaughter Charge Lodged in Newton Auto Fatality
Albert L. Eades faced a technical manslaughter charge over the auto collision death of a companion in Newton. Police Chief George Gilbert announced the development.
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Newton
Albert L. Eades
George Gilbert
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