Road accident toll climbs in North Carolina region
A Davie county textile worker Sydney Conrad Phelps 50 of Mocksville Rt 4 was found in a mill pond with a cement block rope around his neck family says heart ailment. Numerous fatal crashes reported across Halifax Bladen and surrounding counties include Doc Lyons 18 jailed for manslaughter reckless driving and no license in Halifax County and the drowning of C Chandler of Norfolk Va. near Comtag. Two year old Alice Fay Coll Mocksville died from Saturday collision. Willie Jackson 35 of Summerville S C died near Shalotte in a highway 17 crash. George Alvin Moore 28 of Graham Rt 1 fatally injured on Highway 107 Jackson County. Beauford Billings 20 Lomax killed when a car left a rural road near Roaring River. Jessie Rosier 17 of St Pauls Negro killed in Highway 20 crash. Joe Miller 48 Rt 1 Campobello S C killed when a car overturned in Polk County. Jim Gardner 2 Wayne County farmer fatally wounded and Aaron Artis 40 negro tenant held without charge in the slaying.
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Doc Lyons
C. &. Chandler
Norfolk
Comtack
Elizabeth City
Alice Fay Coll
Mocksville
Highway 17
Shalotte
Willie Jackson
Summerville
S. C
George Alvin Moore
Graham
Rt. 1
Highway 107
Jackson County
Beauford Billings
Lomax
Roaring River
Highway 20
St. Pauls
Jessie Rosier
Joe Miller
Campobello
S.C
Polk County
Jim Gardner
Wayne County
Aaron Artis
Measure to Gear Growth with Bigger Steel Program
Sawyer urged a larger program with real commitments for the future. The American Iron and Steel Institute then surveyed the industry. The plan seeks to match growth during wartime plant construction funded by government dollars, marking a bold industry initiative.
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Sawyer
American Iron and Steel Institute
Officer Killed In Oregon By Reform Schoolboys
In Hillsboro Oregon two 14 year old reform schoolboys killed Patrolman Dale Courtney 27 a rookie shotgunned at an abandoned farmhouse They fled after stealing his revolver and wallet triggered a manhunt spanning Tillamook Blaine and El Cajon Calif plus earlier crimes of Henry O Day Portland and John Wilson Newbery while the State training school at Woodburn involvement is noted and charges await the district attorney
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Hillsboro
Ore
Oregon
Dale Courtney
Henry Thomas O’day
Portland
John Wilson
Newbery
Woodburn
James Maulding
O'Day
Washington County
Fred Peeth
Courtney
Tigard
Mauldings
Cecil Chambers
Chambers
Tillamook
Sgt. Maulding
Blaine
W. A. Ummel
T. E. Green
Lee Roberts
Les Howell
Wilson
el Cajon
Cal
Whistler Forgets Wedding In Taft Ceremony
Herbert Belsom 26 and Jacqueline Calow 18 wed at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary church Taft near New Orleans. They then flew to Miami for a Florida honeymoon despite threats of a phantom whistler in Paradis. Ceremony was delayed 20 minutes for a missing license.
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New Orleans
Herbert Belsom
Florida
Whistler
Paradis
Belsom
Jacqueline Calow
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
Taft
Paradise
Miami
Fla
Clifford Cadow
Cadow
Leon Vial
St. Charles’ Parish
Catlow
Two Men Charged With Speeding Lose Driving Privileges
In Municipal court Judge D C MacRae fined and suspended licenses for two speeding defendants. Clair B King of Lovers Lane received a 60 day sentence suspended on condition of no driving for 12 months plus a $25 fine and costs after 50 mph on Lindsay street. Hyress A Taylor of Jamestown Route 1 had a six month driving ban and $10 fine with costs after being convicted for 55 mph in a 40 mph zone. prayer for judgment continued with six month no driving. Nearly 30 cases were continued and several defendants faced fines for improper muffler reckless driving speeding and other offenses. two defendants received prison terms for fornication and adultery on appeal.
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Clair B. King
Lovers Lane
King
Lindsay Street
Hyress A. Taylor
Jamestown
Taylor
Greensboro
Superior Court
Marvin Staten
Hillton
Harvey M. Kepley
Arthur Quick
William F. Alston
Pearson
Jesse W. Grubbs
Winston- Salem
Ralph D. Porter
Edgewood
Billie J. Gray
Barker
Marcus O. Ledwell
Trinity
William B. Swing
Lexington
Richard E. Myers
Richard Byrd
Harkey
William R. Kennedy
David Wheeler
Gordon F. Sutton
Carl Gibson
Oakwood Court
Max B. Taylor
Fr. Bragg
Richard Beck
Thomasville
aArlees Lemmons
Reid H. Smith
Harley H. Biles
Morris Strange
Leflin
Clark A. Crutchfield
Campbell
Mamie LeGrand
Geraldine Buchanan
Fairview
Roosevelt Clark
Beamon
Herman H. Manuel
Glen Alpine
Plency A. Hogie
Robert E. Rivenbark
Hubert Jamison
Sandyo D. Robbins
Henry F. Cox
Emory Adams
Mitch Arnold
J. C. Graves
Robert N. Frye
Herbert Bizzell
North Hamilton
John Thompson
South Main
Lex E. Stroud
Rocky Mount
Charles W. Royals, Jr
Burton Street Extension
Tar Heel Gardener by John H 5 an N C State slege
Plant hardy bulbs in October or November with depth per soil type. For loam, plant crocus, chronodoxa, and snowdrops about 2 inches deep. bulbous iris about 4 inches apart and 3 inches deep. hyacinths 4 to 6 inches apart and 4 inches deep. tulips 4 to 8 inches apart and deeply in light sand. Shallow planting and high heat reduce blooms. deep planting favors sturdier growth. In sandy loam plant tulips 8 to 12 inches deep. in heavy clay near 6 inches. Daffodils should be planted 4 to 8 inches apart. Organic fertilizers aid rotting of daffodils and gladioles unless applied 4 to 6 months before planting. 5-10-5 or 6-8-6 fertilizers worked into soil at 4 pounds per 100 square feet are beneficial.
Mexican Bartender Runs Amuck in Los Angeles
In downtown Los Angeles early today Pope Trujillo a 400 pound Mexican bartender opened fire wounding three and killing two before killing himself at a main street bar. Victims are Edward Smith 40 and Willard Minor 40. Peggy Lama 27 and Mike Lama 35 and Gordon Smith were wounded. Police describe a sequence of shootings starting at the Lamas apartment then a neighborhood bar where Trujillo shot three more, pistol whipped Gordon Smith, and then killed himself after a failed second self-inflicted shot.
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Los Angeles
Pope Trujillo
Edward Smith
Willard Minor
Peggy Lama
Mike
Gordon Smith
W. R. Hatch
Trujillo
Lamas
Lama
Smith
Minor
Ray Davis
Everett joins State Democratic Executive Committee staff
Mrs. Benjamin B. Everett of Palmyra has joined the staff of the State Democratic Executive Committee at the General Election campaign headquarters in Raleigh. Everett Jordan, the state chair, announced the appointment today.
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Raleigh
Benjamin B. Everett
Palmyra
Democratic Executive Committee
Everett Jordan
ROTC Enrollment at NC State Sets Record
Raleigh officials announced that North Carolina State College's ROTC regiment has 1,614 cadets, the largest in the school's history, reflecting a surge in military training participation.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
Navy Finds Many Red Type Mines Off Korea
Admiral Forrest Sherman told the House Armed Services Committee that U S Navy ships off Korea recovered many floating mines of the Mark 26 Russian type recently laid and not long out of storage. The destroyer Brush struck a mine, tearing its hull. nine dead, ten injured, five missing. Sherman noted other mine damage to a small vessel, and discussed price-driven Navy construction costs.
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Washington
Forrest Sherman
U. S. Navy
Korea
Sherman
Naval Operations
House Armed Services Committee
U.S
Brush
Navy
Congress
Korean War victory boosts democracies against bolshevism
The text argues Korea’s triumph weakens Communism and boosts Western resolve. It notes Russia risks direct involvement, aims to spread its influence in Asia, and that America fights in self defense. It cites Truman and State Department warnings as proof of persistent vigilance. It ends with a 1959 dairy production figure.
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Russia
South Korea
Asia
Orient
Korea
America
Truman
United States
State Department
Notice of divorce action in High Point court
The Thelma B Driggers and Ernest Driggers case in High Point Municipal Court seeks a divorce on grounds of two years separation. Ernest Driggers must appear and answer within 20 days after October 9, 1950. The clerk BW Nash records the action with attorney L B Williams.
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North Carolina
Gulford County
City of
High Point
Thelma B. Driggers
Ernest Driggers
BW. Nash
Municipal Court
L. B. Williams
Taft Seeks Defeat of Rubber Stamp Congress
Senator Taft campaigned in Galesburg urging voters to oust liberal Democrats and elect an independent GOP congress that will resist President Truman. He urged Everett M. Dirksen to replace Lucas, decried socialization and federal control, blamed the CIO PAC for collaboration, and warned the nation away from communism. Over 5,000 attended the outdoor rally.
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Galesburg
Ill
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Illinois
Sen. Lucas
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Lucas
Ilinois
CIO
Moore Trial Starts Tuesday
RALEIGH Oct. 2 Former State Prisons Director J Brice Moore and A W Livengood Winston Salem face trial morrow on embezzlement and misuse of prison labor. They stand accused in two indictments of using state materials to build a garage apartment at Moore s home. Moore resigned July 1 denying the charges. A Wake county grand jury resigned the bills of indictment Sept.
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Raleigh
J. Brice Moore
Moore
A. W. Livengood
Winston - Salem
Wake County
Truman Cruises On Chesapeake
President Truman enjoys an eight day cruise aboard the yacht Williamsburg down the Potomac and Chesapeake bay with a party of aides. Newsmen observed him sunbathing and reading papers while hourly defense department briefings radioed in, with no comment on Korean War developments.
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Chesapeake Bay
President Truman
Williamsburg
Washington
Potomac River
Mr. Truman
Robert L. Dennison
Truman
Defense Department
Porto Rican Sweet Potatoes Dominate Southern Crop
Porto Rican sweet potatoes remain the most widely grown variety in the South, reflecting regional preference and enduring cultivation.
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South
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