Armistice Day Observed Across North Carolina
North Carolina marked Armistice Day with 11 a.m. minute of silence and parades. Gov Cher ry presented colors to reserve units in Raleigh while Fort Bragg troops and Camp Lejeune Marines joined a memorial service led by Ray Galloway. Speakers included Rep Harold D. Cooley in Lumberton and Sen. Umstead in Mooresville. Greensboro and Asheville hosted ceremonies with veterans and services, while Durham observed with no speeches. Tobacco markets and many government offices closed. stores stayed open.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Raleigh
R. Gregg Cherry
Organs Reserve Corps
Durham
Fort Bragg
Camp Lejeune
State Legion
Ray Galloway
Wilmington
Charles D. W. Canham
83Nd Airborne Division
Dunn
Harold D. Cooley
Lumberton
William B. Umstead
Mooresville
Asheville
Army
Navy Reserve
Regular Army
Memorial Stadium
American Legion
E. L. White
Greensboro
State board weighs use of capitol by reorganized N S student council
The North Carolina state board of public buildings and grounds faced the issue of permitting a reformed N S student legislative council to use the state capitol for a November 28 29 session. The council had been dissolved and hall reservations canceled. Ira L Helms Jr a NY State college student and council president cited race as an important factor in the dissolution but the group voted Sunday to reorganize and proceed with the session plans.
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Raleigh
State Board of Public Buildings and Grounds
N. S
Ira L. Helms, Jr
N. Y. State College
Legislative Assembly
First Jew to bless the Vicar of Christ praised
Brig. Gen. Arthur A. White of Fort Ray, commanding general of the Fifth Corps Artillery, is humorously noted as perhaps the first Jewish person to bless the Vicar of Christ, in a light exchange with a tickled bishop.
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Arthur A. White
Fort Ray
Fifth Corps
lMike
Changes Made By Asheville Newspapers
The Citizens-Times company announces promotions and editorial changes across the Sunday Citizen Times Asheville Citizen and Asheville Times effective last week. Charles K Robinson becomes editor of the Sunday Citizen Times and senior editor of both news rooms. Walter S Adams named editor of the Asheville Citizen. Don Shoemaker rises to editor of the Asheville Citizen. Claude S Ramsey named executive news editor of all papers. John E Jones becomes managing editor of the Asheville Times. George W McCoy appointed managing editor of the Asheville Citizen and the Sunday Citizen Times.
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Asheville
Sunday
Citizens-Times
Asheville Citizen
Asheville Times
Citizens-Times Company
Charles K. Robinson
Sunday Citizen- Times
Robinson
Walter S. Adams
Don Shoemaker
Claude S. Ramsey
The
Citizen
the Times
John E. Jones
George W. McCoy
Murder charge filed against Newton man
Sheriff Ray Pitts said Carroll Murphy 27 an upholsterer of Newton was arrested and charged with murder in the shotgun slaying of Winfred Hunsucker 26 a Conover truck driver. Hunsucker’s body was found near Murphy’s home and a blood trail led to his house. Murphy admitted shooting during a kitchen scuffle and was arrested while driving Hunsucker’s truck. He said he took his family to Durham then returned to surrender.
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Newton
Ray Pitts
Carroll Murphy
Winfrederry
Hunsucker
Connover
Murphy
Durham
Bing Crosby Tops Rivals In Balloting
Hollywood November 11 Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman head Boxoffice Magazine's 11th annual poll of actor and actress popularity. Roy Rogers leads the western field with Crosby and Bergman followed by Colbert de Havilland Stanwyck Crawford Davis Grable Dunne Hathaway OBrien Young and others.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Ingrid Bergman
Boxoffice Magazine
Roy Rodges
Miss Bergman
Claudette Colbert
Olivia de Haviland
Barbara Stanwyck
Joan Crawford
Betty Davis
Betty Grable
Irene Dunne
Rita Hayworth
Margaret O’brien
Loretta Young
Crosby
Clark Gable
Gary Cooper
Cary Grant
Dana Andrews
Humphrey Bogart
Gregory Peck
Spencer Tracy
Bob Hope
Fred McMurray
Jimmy Stewart
State Checking Whooping Cough in North Carolina
Epidemiologist C P Stevick of the state health department reports 2491 whooping cough cases through October this year, down from 3083 in the same period in 1946. He credits part of the drop to the 1945 anti immunization law requiring vaccination before age one. A separate note mentions a fossil zoo found in New Mexico.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
C. P. Stevick
State Health Department
Stevick
Cotton Crop Damaged by October Weather
Raleigh reports that after a harsh October 44 percent adverse conditions the cotton crop suffered damage. Farmers are forecast to yield 447000 bales of lint from 619000 acres nine percent more than last year with 3841 pounds per acre, seven pounds below the 10-year average. Harvesting slowed by mid October rains and hot humid days at month end.
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Raleigh
Convicts Get 20 Years In Kidnap Case
Three escapees from a state sanatorium ward were sentenced to 20 years each in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to kidnaping and Dyer Act violations. Ballard Martin Newton James Stevenson Greensboro Odell Holder testified Crum, a crippled filling station operator, was forced to drive them through Sylva Bryson City and Franklin before being dropped near the North Carolina Georgia line. The convicts will serve their terms in Atlanta.
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Asheville
Sanatorium
Federal
F. Yates Webb
Ballard Martin
Newton
James A. Stephenson
Belmont
Odell Holder
Greensboro
C . Crum
Mother Held After Death Of Son In Springfield Case
A 26 year old mother, Mrs Letha Lake, was held without charge in the strangulation death of her three year old son. A coroner s jury ruled the death strangulation by the mother. Prosecutor Wayne Walker will hold charges pending a sanity hearing set for Monday. The husband Roy Lake was away at a friend's when the incident occurred Sunday night.
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Springfield
Letha Lake
Wayne Walker
Lake
Walker
Roy Lake
Doctors Tell Stalin to Take Things Easy
Brazil's former ambassador to Russia said Prime Minister Stalin's health concerns his doctors. Mario de Pimentel Brandao reported doctors advised Stalin to take things easy due to his aging health. Stalin turns 68 on December 21 and has spent time at Sochi and other Black Sea resorts amid absence from Moscow events.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Brazil
Russia
Stalin
Mario de Pimentel Brandao
Moscow
Salin
Sochi
Black Sea
Trial of Minister to Open Today in Harnett Court
The trial of Rev. L. V. Davis a 37 year old Dunn minister is set to begin in Harnett superior court on charges of carnal knowledge of a 13 year old orphan girl who was an inmate at the Dunn Free Will Baptist orphanage where Davis formerly served as superintendent.
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Lillington
L. V. Davis
Dunn
Harnett Superior Court
Davis
Dunn Free Will Baptist
No Intervention Seen For Three Convicted Rapists
Raleigh reports little hope of clemency for three convicted rapists scheduled to die Friday in the gas chamber. Ralph Litteral Marvin Bell and Willie Little face execution after parole office reviews and Governor Cherry stays, with Litteral already pledging brain and eyes donation.
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Raleigh
Ralph Vernon Littoral
Marvin Claude Bell
Willie Little
Paroles Office
Cherry
Litteral
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
Bell
Wilkes County
W. P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Paroles
Little
Wake County
Baptists Open State Meeting In Winston
The annual three day sessions of the Baptist state convention began in Winston Salem with about 2 000 delegates from 2 600 churches. A key issue is whether Wake Forest College should move to Winston Salem under conditions including a 2 000 enrollment and a family trust fund. Caspar C Warren of Charlotte presides. Rev Guy Funderburk elected president, with Rev Eph Whisenhunt and Rev W E Woodall in top offices.
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Winston-Salem
Baptist State Convention
Committee On the “Convention
Wake Forest
College
Winston- Salem
Z. Smith Reynolds
Casper C. Warren
Charlotte
General Board
Guy Funderburk
Oteen
W. R. Grigg
Eph Whisenhunt
Clayton
W. E. Woodall
Lenoir
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