Four Amazon Mill Workers Involved In Affray
Thomasville October 8 police report several assault charges tied to the Amazon Cotton mills back to work movement. J H Alford 28 accused Glenn Richardson 25 of assault with a deadly weapon a stick at a pig pen near his home. Richardson Lambert 45 and Coy Stewart 23 charged with aiding abetting and disorderly conduct. Richardson, Lambert and Stewart were mill section spectators yesterday. Alford faces counter charges of assault with a monkey wrench. Trial set October 17. all free on bonds.
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Thomasville
Amazon
J. H. Alford
UCIO
Glenn Richardson
Amazon ‘Mill
William Lambert
Coy Stewart
Richardson
Lambert
Stewart
Alford
Recorder’s Court
A Million Dollars to Relieve Piles
It is estimated that over a million dollars yearly is spent on remedies for piles. Peterson's Ointment cools and soothes quickly with a 35 cent box or a tube with applicator. Money back if not delighted.
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Peterson
City Orders 7 Trucks And Four Passenger Cars
The city council contracted with Lyles Chevrolet for seven trucks and four 1947 Chevrolet sedans at a total of 14 568 82 dollars. Two patrol cars cost 1312 15 each less 800 trade in. two more sedans cost 1272 15 each. Trucks total 9 400 22 dollars for adoption by utilities public works and sanitation.
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Lyles Chevrolet Company
Public Utilities, Public Works, and Sanitation
Mill Reopens After Strike With Picket Guards
Alford's paid 600 to workers Richard son's 300 and Stewart and Lambert 200 each. The mill reopened today at 8 am with pickets at plant entrances and police in force. About 100 workers returned. total staff around 500. The strike began last March over checkoff union dues and contract demands.
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Alford
Richardson
Stewart
Lambert
Paul M. Shore
Pre-Inca City Ruins Found In Peru By Archaeologists
Peruvian archaeologists report discovering ruins of a vast pre-Inca city spanning 11 square miles. They say abandonment occurred in prehistoric times due to irrigation practices that salted soils and poisoned the valleys.
69 Production Workers Return to Desk at Myrtle Desk
Myrtle Desk company reports gradual return of workers after a CIO led strike. Powell says 69 active production workers today with 87 employed. 35 to 40 more expected by week end. UFWA claimants counter that output remains stalled and police present guarding lines.
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Desk Company
Myrtle Desk Company
Ar Oe Powell
Action Organization
Powell
A. F. of L
CIO
United Furniture Workers of America
CIO Union
Mike Ross
UFWA
Forestry Expert Urges Foreign Goods for U S
W L Shaddix of Birmingham says the Marshall plan could help Americans obtain imported products scarce in the western hemisphere. He promotes forest education and arboretum planting by students, notes difficulty sourcing Himalayan Indian cedar seeds, and urges more foreign marble and furniture imports to boost jobs.
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W. L. Shaddix
Birmingham
Ala
North Carolina
South
Himalayan
India
Shaddix
Italy
America
Mr. Shaddix
Untapped dramatization on WHPE highlights disabled vets
A 15 minute radio drama titled Untapped airs tomorrow at 1 15 on WHPE as part of Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. Three disabled veterans seek jobs with help from veterans employment staff and show employers their capabilities, overcoming skepticism.
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WHPE
Veterans Employment Service
North Carolina Employment Service
Employment Of Handicapped May Set Record
The High Point office of the North Carolina Employment Service aims to set a record for placing handicapped persons in jobs during National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. Ralph E. Miller notes about 70 disabled veterans and 80 non veterans are ready to work in local industries and offices. He cites a one armed inspector and a one leg one arm man running a local insurance agency as examples. in 1946 the office placed 29 handicapped workers in jobs during the observance week.
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High Point
North Carolina Employment Service
National
Ralph E. Miller
Miller
Real ES
New Ice Cube Tray With Removable Cups
A plastic ice cube tray features individual removable cups. Each cube can be dropped into a glass by pressing the simple release at the bottom of the flexible cup.
Funeral Rites for Mrs Carry White Snow Stanley
Funeral service for Mrs Carry White Snow Stanley 84 who died in a Winston Salem nursing home Saturday afternoon was held at Union Cross Baptist church near Elkin. Rev Scale Draughn officiated burial followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers Hoard L Snow Joe Bill Snow Clyde B Snow J S Haynes and Gilmer Dobbins.
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Carry White Snow Stanley
Winston- Salem
Union Cross Baptist Church
Elkin
Scale Draughn
Hoard L. Snow
Joe Bill Snow
Clyde B. Snow
J. S. Haynes
Gilmer Dobbins
Funeral services for William Alison Cecil 81
Funeral service for William Alison Cecil 81 who died early Sunday was held at Spring Hill Methodist Church with Rev. C O Plyler and Rev. Carl A Grimm officiating. A scripture and prayer service preceded the departure. burial followed at Spring Hill cemetery with bearers John Patton James Patton L T Wood C V Bodenhamer a McDonald and Grover m.
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William Alson Cecil
Spring Hill Methodist Church
C. O. Plyler
Carl A. Grimm
First Evangelical and Reform Church
Spring Hill Cemetery
John Patton
James Patton
L. T. Wood
C. Vs. Bodenhamer
A McDonald
Grover m
Smallest carvings depict sacred figures on rice grains
A Seattle curio shop displays a set of carvings claimed as the smallest in the world. The figures include the Virgin Mary, Christ on the cross, Confucius, and Buddha carved on grains of rice.
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Seattle
Wash
Virgin Mary
Christ On
Cross
Confucius
Buddha
Expensive Smoke and a Miser’s Quiet End in London
Edwin Thomas Howes, a Londoner famed for frugal living, reportedly starved himself to save, yet began each day with the same single habit of smoking. He persisted in this one-note routine until his death, leaving questions about his health and lifestyle.
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Edwin Thomas Howes
Creomulsion Promises Quick Cough Relief and Refund
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy for chronic bronchitis and chest coughs. It claims the medicine reaches the bronchial membranes, loosens phlegm, and soothes inflamed tissues without narcotics. The ad offers a money back guarantee if it does not help with rest and sleep.
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