Baruch Warns U S Fortitude Amid Cold War Fears
Bernard M. Baruch told a CBS radio audience that Americans show fortitude despite anxieties about the future. He cited the Berlin airlift as proof of resilience and urged upholding equality before the law and change through the law as core American values. He said the United States seeks to keep the peace rather than win it and aims to return home after defending liberty.
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New York
Bernard M. Baruch
America
United States
Baruch
CBS
Valley Forge
Sam
Aruch
First Rodeo Held in Pecos Texas on July Fourth 1883
The record notes Pecos Texas hosted its inaugural rodeo on July 4 1883 marking a milestone in local western events. The event established Pecos as a emerging center for rodeo culture with spectators and participants noted in contemporary accounts.
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Pecos
Texas
CIO Textile Workers Seek Wage Boost
The CIO textile workers union will push a 10 cent an hour raise for about 216000 members across 350 mills in New England Middle Atlantic and other regions. If accepted the minimum would rise to 107 per hour with average straight time earnings up to 130 per hour in union mills.
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Boston
CIO Textile Workers Union
New England
Middle Atlantic
Emil Rieve
Rieve
Midwest
CIO
Local Youth Honor Student At N. C. State
Eight students in the chemical engineering department at N State College were named to the departmental honor committee. John N Owens of Charlotte was named chairman, with members Arthur A Cline Taylorsville Bruce V Darden Farmville Carl J Howell Jr Concord David M Lambert High Point Ross W Lampe Raleigh Charles A Plank Asheville and Jonathan I Thigpen Avon Park Fla. Young condors of South America do not leave the nest for a year after hatching.
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Raleigh
Department of Chemical Engineering
N. State College
John N. Owens
Charlotte
Arthur A. Cline
Taylorsville
Bruce V. Darden
Farmville
Carl J. Howell, Jr
Concord
David M. Lambert
High Point
Ross W. Lampe
Charles A. Plank
Asheville
Jonathan I. Thigpen
Avon Park
Charlie Justice Draws Scouts at Chapel Hill Camporee
Charlie Justice the Carolina football star headlined a Chapel Hill camporee at Camp Bally drawing about 400 Boy Scouts from eleven counties. The massed crowd greeted him at the campfire meeting, while Chancellor Robert B. House attended as a guest but gave way to the star who inspired the boys.
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Enterprise
Chapel Hill
Charlie Justice
Carolina
Chapel I Hill
Bally
Mason Farm Road
Charlie
Robert B. House
Weed Farmers Watch Market Hopefully
RALEIGH November 8 price data show flue cured tobacco prices dropping across all three operating belts. Eastern belt sales finished the season with declines due to inferior offerings and leaf grades down by up to 1 to 3 dollars. Middle belt set new season lows in grades averages and volume while old belt buyers faced sharp drops with 7 million pounds sold at about 47 dollars and 57 cents per hundredweight.
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Raleigh
Old Belt
Arm severed worker walks mile for ambulance
BORING Oregon Nov 8 A lumber mill worker Henry Francis Meeker 62 of Sandy lost his right arm in a planer accident when his sleeve was pulled into a cutter. He walked over a mile to reach an ambulance bound for Portland where doctors gave him a fair chance of recovery. He initially tried to drive himself home after the injury.
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Boring
Ore
Portland
Henry Francis Meeker
Sandy
Here
Navy disbursing office processed 567 552 checks
In the two year period ending Sept. 30, 194, the Officers Account Division of the Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts wrote 567 552 checks totaling 63 524 300.47 dollars.
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Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Food Needs Rise From 1941 To 1945
The Navy’s food requirements grew from 1,000,000,000 pounds in 1941 to 5,700,000,000 pounds by 1945, reflecting a rapid expansion in supply needs during the war years.
Truman Considers Washington States Wallgren For Post
President Truman weighs cabinet changes and may appoint Gov. Mon C Wallgren of Washington to a major post. Forrestal may leave as Secretary of Defense and Lovett could depart as undersecretary of state. Wallgren is a close ally and former senator who TRuman may favor for a senior position.
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Defense
James V. Forrestal
Robert A. Lovett
Mon C. Wallgren
Washington State
Walligren
Senate
Truman Investigating Committee
Truman
Wallgren
Marshall May Return To America
The piece notes Soviet willingness to seek settlements on east west issues from Berlin to atomic control. It says prospects for peace brighten if the USSR moves toward talks after Truman’s victory. It states the Truman administration will press ahead to strengthen western Europe and promote a military alliance with Canada Britain France and the Low Countries.
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Berlin
Truman
Western
Europe
Canada
Britain
France
Low Countries
Arizona Hosts Most Life Zones Beyond Humid Tropics
Encyclopedia Britannica states that all life zones except the humid tropical are found within Arizona’s borders, highlighting the state's ecological diversity and varied climates.
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Arizona
First Confederate Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
The first soldier laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery is a Confederate fighter who died in a hospital there, marking a historic milestone in the cemetery’s early history.
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Arlington National Cemetery
United States Builds Open Western Europe Military Aid Alliance
United States moves to bolster western Europe with defensive military aid as part of the Marshall plan. Dulles tells the UN that America aims to be strong for peace and has stopped disarming, while France receives $5 million in equipment and allied nations seek a strong alliance against Soviet expansion.
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United States
Frankfurt
Germany
America
Western
Europe
U. S
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Paris
Russia
Britain
Dulles
Moscow
De Gaulle Suffers Setback in Council Seats Race
In the council of the republic election the RPF won 55 seats outright while allied groups gained the rest. The Communist tally dropped to 84 seats due to coalitions against them and De Gaulle did not seek a seat. Pierre De Gaulle, his brother and Paris City Council president, won a seat.
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RPF
de Gaulle
Council of the Republic
National Assembly
Pierre de Gaulle
Paris
Truman Makes Brief Visit to North Carolina Church Stop
President Truman arrived at Cherry Point marine air base aboard The Independence. Thousands of New Bern residents lined the route to a local church for a brief church services stop before the president departed by air for Boca Chita Florida.
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Cherry Point Marine Air Base
Independence
North Carolina Weather Outlook Tuesday Showers Likely
Fair and slightly warmer today with increasing clouds tonight. Showers begin in the mountains Tuesday afternoon, then spread, with temperatures and rainfall amounts noted in the forecast.
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North Carolina
Textile Contract Ratified With Proximity Mills
The CIO Textile Workers Union says it ratified a new contract with Proximity Manufacturing Co part of Cone Mills in Greensboro. The agreement runs to November 1, 1949 and details were not disclosed. Union official Billingsley notes progress with other Cone Mills plants in North Carolina. Chestnuts are cited as a staple food for various peasant populations.
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Greensboro
CIO Textile Workers Union
Proximity Manufacturing Co
Radio Schedule 6 to 12 Hour Network Lineup Heavy with News
The listings show a dense 24 hour radio schedule across CBS ABC MBS and other networks with hourly news newscasts sports programs musicals dramas quizzes and entertainment blocks. Names include Lewell Thomas Fulton Lewis Gordon McRae Kay Starr and Henry J. Taylor among others with repeated kiddies hours and late night talks.
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Sepeer Club
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Fish and Hunt Club
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Labor and foreign aid split among new House members
In Congress, 37 Democrats and 33 Republicans urged labor law amendments or revisions to the Wagner Act, while many newly elected members favored repeal. On foreign aid through the ECA to Greece and Turkey, 150 Democrats and 69 Republicans supported continuation, with 11 opposing and 32 undecided. Veteran Rep. Lemke blamed Taft-Hartley for Dewey’s defeat, and Rep Michener warned that in five years no intelligent laborer would oppose it.
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Adinistration
Greece
Turkey
Congress
William Lemke
R-Nd
Thomas F. Dewey
Truman
Dewey
Lemke
Farl Michener
R-Mich
Taft-Hartley
Notice of Administration in Guilford NC Estate
Administrators announce the estate of Mrs. Mattie Lou Preedie in Guilford County North Carolina. Creditors must present itemized verified claims within one year or be barred from recovery. All debts to the estate should be settled promptly by the administratrix Mrs. S. C. Brown of High Point North Carolina.
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Elizabeth W. Burchfield
Guilford County
Northarolina
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D. C. Burchfield, Executor York, Dickson and Morgan
Attys
Mattie Lou Preedie
Tate
North Carolina
Hich Point
Ate
Nellie S. Wilson
N. Wrenn Street
High Point
N. C
Paul G. Wilson
Nellie
City of
Notice of dissolution of Carolina Auto Glass Company
Notice records the dissolution by consent of the partnership of Leroy P Scholton and Pred Allen Bentley doing business as Carolina Auto Glass Company. Bentley to collect debts and Scholton and Bentley sign October 22 1948 with attorney Odie D. Ingram noted. Execution and dissolution filed. Executors notice follows.
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Carolina Auto Glass Company
Leroy P. Scholton
Pred Allen Bentley
Tyle
Fred Allen Bently
Pred A. Bentley Pormerly
Carolina Auto Glass CO
Odie D. Ingram
Atty
Neuritic pains vanish after TRU-AID treatment
A local middle aged woman reports three years of neuritic pain eased by TRU-AID a liquid compound claimed to target rheumatic and neuritic aches. The ad touts three medicines in one and urges readers to buy at High Point drugstores.
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High Point
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