President Gordon Gray to Return to UNC January 1
Editorial argues Gray cannot serve two full time roles. It questions the value of his partial White House service, urging him to return to UNC or resign to pursue a different field. The piece lauds his abilities but stresses the university presidency requires full commitment.
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Gordon Gray
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Federal
Physchological Strategy Board
Psychological Strategy Board
Truman
Gray
Washington
White House
Toto
Dr. Gray
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
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Tonight’s state final features Black Bi son vs Wilmington at Albion Millis
The Black Bi son of High Point High meets Wilmington for the state high school football championship tonight at Albion Millis Stadium at eight. Fans are urged to support the home team and avoid ticket fraud as the game draws near. Also, High Point College Purple Panthers open basketball season Monday, with scouts predicting they’ll lead the North State and rank with top Southern Conference teams.
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Bison
High Point High
Wilmington
Albion-Millis Stadium
Purple Panthers
High Point College
Panthers
The Star of Bethlehem at Morehead Planetarium
The Morehead Planetarium at UNC Chapel Hill opens its annual show The Star of Bethlehem on Tuesday November 27. It runs nightly at 8 30, Saturday 3 00 and 4 00, and Sunday 2 00 3 00 and 4 00 through the holidays, inviting families to enjoy an entertaining and instructional holiday presentation.
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Morehead Planetarium
University At Chapel Hill
Star of Bethlehem
1952 North Carolina License Plates Preview
The 1952 North Carolina plates will be red with white numerals and mirror the 1951 format. Manufacture is done, and the plates are fixed for now with some aging concerns. The piece urges better paint durability and heavier metal to avoid faded numerals and rust similar to past plates.
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North Carolina
Public baths in Egypt under Point Four program
A Washington report reveals the State Department is promoting public baths in Egypt as part of President Truman's Point Four aid. The columnist jeers at taxpayers funding sanitation for camel drivers and mocks the timing, noting personal surprise at their role.
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Washington
State Department
Egypt
Truman
B. C
Land of the Pyramids
Acheson
Karl de Scheweinitz
Los Angeles
de Scheinitz
Joseph Larocca
Cleveland
Lavinia Keys
San Francisco
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security Administration
Thanksgiving Reflections On A Quiet Holiday Weekend
A casual freeform column muses that Thanksgiving felt more like a Sunday with family feasts and porch talks. It notes traffic safety glimpses, public appeals for giving, and reflections on civics and humor about State Department bath projects in Egypt alongside familiar cultural quotes from Shakespeare and Yeats.
New York Showbiz Gossip Mix Flows in late 1940s Vogue
A dense slice of New York entertainment chatter chronicles celebs at parties and clubs. Mary Pickford travels south for Buddy Rogers Day while Adolphe Menjou and Katharine Hepburn depend on style, amid Broadway recollections of fatefully failed shows and songs that later found fame. A parade of stars, publishers, and critics fill the pages with society, theatre, and film notes from the era.
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Mary Pickford
Woodrow Wilson
Adolphe Menjou
Gilded Cage
Helen Hayes
Don Ameche
Maria (Dietrich) Riva
Place Pigalle
Zachary Scott
Ruth Ford
Sardi
van Johnson
le Monseigneur
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Lena Horne
King” and I
Dorothy Sarnoff
Carmen Miranda
John McClain
New Journal-American
Robert Garland
Allegations of Pentagon Suppression on Korean War Crimes
A speaker accuses the Pentagon of withholding evidence of Chinese and Korean War atrocities against American POWs. He cites MacArthur era tensions, CIA figures, and prior experiences in China to argue officials ignored or doubted battlefield reports. The piece frames alleged cover up as political to avoid embarrassment for UN and allies.
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Pentagon
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Congressional
Genneral Douglas
MacArthur
Charles A. Willoughby
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
James M. Hanley
Shanghai
W. S
W. L. New
England
United States
North China
Chna
China
Tokyo
Acheson
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